huffingtonpost.com - 11/20/2008
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WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of auto-state senators reached a last-ditch compromise Thursday to throw Detroit's Big Three a government lifeline worth billions, but the plan faces an uphill battle in a reluctant Senate.
With the auto bailout stalled, the fate of hundreds of thousands ...
dailykos.com - 11/26/2008
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dailykos.com —
Research 2000 for Daily Kos. 11/23-25. Likely voters.
MoE 4% (No trend lines) Reid (D) 46 Porter...
(R) 40 Those are anemic numbers for someone of Reid's stature, especially when matched up against a Republican who lost his House seat this past ...
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NV-Sen: Reid is as weak at home, as he is in the Senate
wonkroom.thinkprogress.org - 11/14/2008
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wonkroom.thinkprogress.org —
There seems to be a growing consensus in
Washington that the federal government needs to bail out...
America’s auto industry. The Wall Street Journal reported today that Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), in a letter sent ...
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If It Happens, The Auto Industry Bailout Needs To Be ...
thehill.com - 11/20/2008
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thehill.com —
An emergency effort to send billions of dollars
in aid to the ailing American carmakers fizzled on...
Wednesday, as Senate Democrats failed to strike a compromise with Republicans and the White House. Republicans blocked efforts by Senate Majority Leader ...
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Big Three on the brink
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For Whom The Bell Dingells
Swampland —
... in the Congress, too, where nothing of substance has happened in a long, long time. Today the hopelessly dopey auto makers received a couple of stark warnings: First, California's crusading Henry Waxman replaced the eternal John Dingell, patron saint of the gas-guzzlers, as Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which is great news for those who are looking forward to the greening of Detroit. Then Nancy Pelosi called out the Big Three, saying no bailout without a plan. Now, no one really believes the Democrats will withold money from the automakers--but the Big 3 ...
Time's Klein Giddy For New Green Regulation of Auto Industry
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... in the Congress, too, where nothing of substance has happened in a long, long time. Today the hopelessly dopey auto makers received a couple of stark warnings: First, California's crusading Henry Waxman replaced the eternal John Dingell, patron saint of the gas-guzzlers, as Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which is great news for those who are looking forward to the greening of Detroit. Then Nancy Pelosi called out the Big Three, saying no bailout without a plan. Now, no one really believes the Democrats will wit(h)hold money from the ...
Measuring the Bush Recession
Crooks and Liars —
... Manufacturing. While the woes of the auto industry dominate the headlines this week, the American manufacturing sector overall is in deep trouble. As the ...
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industry, we
may be getting ready to nationalize it :
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