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freep.com - 11/16/2008
Auto industry survival in hands of Congress | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press
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WASHINGTON -- A Congress, burned before by bailouts, returns to work this week to consider a once almost-unthinkable pitch: Put up billions of dollars in taxpayer-backed loans, and we just might save the domestic auto industry. Equally remarkable is the response by some members of Congress: ...
sfgate.com - 11/17/2008
Congress debating auto industry bailout
— sfgate.com — Democrats are pushing a measure that could force the Bush administration to tap into the $700 billion... Congress approved to rescue Wall Street and offer automakers a loan in return for an equity stake. President-elect Barack Obama is putting his weight ... (more) Congress debating auto industry bailout
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freep.com - 11/13/2008
City Council: Detroit needs $10-billion bailout | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press
— freep.com — The Detroit City Council passed a resolution today calling for a $10-billion bailout for the city of... Detroit. Council President Pro Tem JoAnn Watson sponsored the resolution to use the money for public service employment, to fund mass transit plans ... (more) City Council: Detroit needs $10-billion bailout | ...

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washingtonmonthly.com - 11/22/2008
The right, healthcare, and political survival
— washingtonmonthly.com — THE RIGHT, HEALTHCARE, AND POLITICAL SURVIVAL.... Hilzoy had a great overnight item that I wanted to add... one observation to. U.S. News' James Pethokoukis and Cato's Michael Cannon believe that if Obama is successful in passing a national healthcare ... (more) The right, healthcare, and political survival

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The Sunday Word: Obama Settles In as Congress Gears Up
The Caucus — ... last week scuttled talk of a more limited stimulus package in the short term, Democrats plan to wait until January — when Obama takes office and an even larger Democratic majority controls Congress — to move forward with legislation for the infrastructure program, which would be part of a stimulus package that some economists say needs to be at least $300 billion. Congressional Democrats are interested in working this week toward a bailout of America’s automobile industry. But as the Detroit Free Press notes , “the tenor of several GOP senators has been one of wait-and-see ...

Sheri and Allan Rivlin: Holding the New Democratic Majority Together -- Part 2
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Even though he has resigned his Senate seat and is asserting that Bush should be given the opportunity to serve out the remaining weeks of his term as America's only President, it will not be easy to stay out of the issues of the day, and once he is in the Oval office, it will be impossible.  The challenge of the moment is the automobile industry bailout and while it will not be easy to satisfy the competing interests of the auto industry, ...

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