corner.nationalreview.com - 12/5/2008
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Detroit, Mich. -- They can't get it done.
That is the backroom word on Capitol Hill as auto executives from the Detroit Three wrapped up a second, and final, day of hearings before the House in attempt to get a $35 billion loan to keep them solvent.
Instead, speculation is that the Bush ...
online.wsj.com - 12/9/2008
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online.wsj.com —
The UAW might seek a stake in GM
in exchange for concessions meant to facilitate federal assistance.
The White House and Democratic lawmakers neared a deal on a short-term rescue package for Detroit's auto makers.
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Auto Rescue Plan Takes Shape
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New UAW ad: You people aren’t going to put us out of work, are you?
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... who’ll be buying cars next year or the year after with the economy in the toilet, but I think he’s only saying that because he loves bankers. Meanwhile, NRO claims that Congress has stalled on a comprehensive bailout but that a bridge loan to punt the issue to Obama is possible. A final deal reportedly could involve a ...
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While I have mixed feelings about such a thing generally, it's pretty interesting that we're propping up the fake economy and letting the real economy whither.
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Obama turns focus to other cabinet posts —
Reuters: Politics 12/5/2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama shifts his focus to the second half of his White House Cabinet next week with decisions pending in the high-profile areas of energy, environment, trade and agriculture.
EU urged to seize Obama security opportunity —
Reuters: Politics 12/5/2008
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union should seize on Barack Obama's election as U.S. president as a chance to press for a more collaborative, U.N.-led approach to tackling world crises, an EU security review will say next week.
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