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Big Three Spending Millions On Lobbying, Auto Makers Drowning In Red, But Still Give Nearly 50 Million Dollars To Politicians

Think Progress found this 12/4/2008 on cbsnews.com

(CBS) As Congress mulls over a bailout for U.S. automakers, some may be thinking about more than jobs and the economy. The auto industry spent nearly $50 million lobbying Congress in the first nine months of this year. And people tied to the auto industry gave another $15 million in campaign ...