news.yahoo.com - 11/11/2008
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AP - Democratic aides say Speaker Nancy Pelosi intends to seek legislation to provide relief to the battered auto industry, and wants it done in a post-election session of Congress likely to convene in the next few days.
news.yahoo.com - 11/12/2008
breitbart.com - 11/10/2008
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WASHINGTON (AP) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sought
to create a special committee Thursday in an effort...
to jump-start long-delayed government efforts to deal with global warming and produce a bill by Independence Day. Pelosi, D-Calif., said the ...
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Pelosi Creates Global Warming Committee
online.wsj.com - 11/9/2008
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Barack Obama obviously has thought carefully about mistakes
made by previous Democratic presidential winners who wrongly believed...
a Congress controlled by their own party would help make them a success. Pollster Doug Schoen, who helped Bill Clinton ...
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Obama vs. Pelosi
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Pelosi calls for emergency aid for auto industry
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... of the major American automobile manufacturers, which would have a devastating impact on our economy, particularly on the men and women who work in that industry...." "Congress and the Bush administration must take immediate action," she added. Administration officials have concluded that the bailout bill that passed earlier does not permit loans to the auto industry, but lawmakers are expected to return to the Capitol for a brief postelection session beginning next week. Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081111/ap_on_go_co/auto_ba... ;_ylt=AsKNxeALwiQam__LsnkXXcus0NUE
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WASHINGTON – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called for “emergency and limited financial assistance” for the battered auto industry on Tuesday and urged the outgoing Bush administration to join lawmakers in reaching a quick compromise.
Four days after dismal financial reports from General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co., Pelosi backed legislation to make the automakers eligible for help under the $700 billion bailout measure that cleared Congress in October.
In a written statement, the California Democrat ...
A few notes on the economy
TigerHawk —
... of "TigerHawk TV," in the last couple of weeks we have moved from the end of interbank lending -- a terrifying new place nobody alive had seen before -- to the gloomy but familiar terrain of deep recession. We know where we are, now, even if we do not like it. That explains, I think, why politicians are now suddenly talking about using the TARP to bail out the auto industry. We have moved from panic over the collapse of the international financial system to the usual concern that we stimulate the economy and protect the interests of our favorite, well, interest groups. ...
Welcome to the United Socialist States of America
Sister Toldjah —
I certainly don’t mean to sound alarmist with the post title, but that’s what it feels like these days. Especially when you consider the lending industry bailout, the proposed auto industry bailout (which we know is going to happen), Amex has their hands out now seeking “relief,” and now … mayors across the country are asking for an economic bailout from President-elect Barack Obama. Add to that the move to nationalize healthcare, already ...
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The House will convene next week to vote on a plan to provide emergency cash to the nation's battered automobile industry, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said yesterday, but a federal bailout for Detroit faces an uphill battle in the Senate and an uncertain ...