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thehill.com - 11/20/2008
Congress to return in December
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Congress will return in December to work on legislation to help the nation’s ailing auto manufacturers, Democratic leadership sources said Thursday afternoon. No date has been confirmed, but it is expected Congress will return the week of Dec. 8. Democratic leaders rejected compromise ...
dailykos.com - 11/26/2008
NV-Sen: Reid is as weak at home, as he is in the Senate
— 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 ... (more) NV-Sen: Reid is as weak at home, as he is in the Senate

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thehill.com - 11/20/2008
Big Three on the brink
— 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 ... (more) Big Three on the brink

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If It Happens, The Auto Industry Bailout Needs To Be Done Right
wonkroom.thinkprogress.org - 11/14/2008
If It Happens, The Auto Industry Bailout Needs To Be Done Right
— 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 ... (more) If It Happens, The Auto Industry Bailout Needs To Be ...

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Democratic leaders: No deal reached on auto bailout.
Think Progress — ... In a press conference this afternoon, Democratic congressional leaders announced that they were not able to reach a deal on a rescue package for the struggling auto industry, reportedly rejecting “compromise legislation worked out by key senators from auto states.” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said that they would give the automobile industry a second chance: They must present a plan for viability no later than Dec. 2 and possibly submit to ...

DAY'S END ROUNDUP
News — ... Townhall.com [image] Gallup on GOP - Allahpundit, Hot Air [image] Tension with Gates? - Barron YoungSmith, The Plank [image] Rahm's GOP Outreach - Steve Benen, Political Animal [image] Waxman Pick Signals Obama-Pelosi Direction - John Nichols, The Beat [image] Nonconventional Warfare - Kevin Drum OTHER NEWS SOURCES: Congressional Leadership Rejects Proposed Auto Bailout - Washington Post Congress to Return in December - The Hill Judge Orders Five Guantanamo Detainees Freed - NY ...

The Early Word: The Changing Congress
The Caucus — While all eyes have focused this week on Congressional deliberations over a stimulus package for the economy and a bailout of the troubled automobile industry, The Times’s Carl Hulse reports that more subtle — but still significant — changes ...

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