nytimes.com - 11/12/2008
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Congressional leaders said that they were ready to push emergency legislation to aid the auto industry, setting the stage for one last showdown with President Bush. >
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Obama Asks Bush to Back Rescue of Automakers
americanprogressaction.org - 11/17/2008
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Time to Help Detroit Automakers November 17, 2008
We urge you to support legislation to grant a...
$25 billion bridge loan to the U.S. auto companies to ensure that they avoid bankruptcy. The auto industry is suffering from an extended, steep sales slump ...
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Time to Help U.S. Automakers
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Three Headlines of Mismanagement
Brilliant at Breakfast —
Like many bloggers, one of the first sites I visit in the morning is the New York Times. If positioning stories is a kind of sign language, the first three headlines at today's front page at the site says it all about the current state of the Economy: Democrats Seek Help for Automakers Buying Binge Slams to a Halt Lobbyists Swarm the Treasury for a Helping of the Bailout Pie For all that I hate the U.S. automakers for foisting SUVs on the American Public™ as some kind of Fortress Against the Marauding Swarthy Hordes (select ...
The Early Word: Opening the Cabinet
The Caucus —
... logistical challenges to closing the prison and prosecuting the most serious offenders in the United States — an effort that could take many months or longer. Among the thorniest issues will be how to build effective cases without using evidence obtained by torture, an issue that attorneys for the detainees will almost certainly seek to exploit. On the Hill During their lame duck session next week Congressional leaders plan to push legislation to bail out the country’s struggling automobile industry , according to The Times’s David M. Herszenhorn Carl Hulse. And ...
Bush Offers Compassionate Version of Auto Bailout Bill
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(2008-11-13) — The White House today unveiled a rival version of a $25 billion Democrat bailout for the Big Three U.S. automakers, which it said would yield immediate benefits for some 625,000 Americans.
George W. Bush, who is president of the United States, said he has called House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to “humbly suggest that instead of lending $25 billion to GM, Ford and Chrysler, or risking more taxpayer money on their flimsy stock, why don’t we just purchase a brand new ...
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nytimes.com 11/9/2008 — WASHINGTON Democratic leaders in Congress urged the Bush administration on Saturday to consider using the $700 billion bailout for the financial system to aid distressed American automakers, in a prelude to what may become urgent negotiations over ...
George Will - Let the Automakers Go Bankrupt
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Don't bail out US automakers
WWW.samefacts.com 11/10/2008 — General Motors proposes that the public lend it some dozens of billions of dollars more, and Obama seems to think it's a good idea. Sad to see the new guy pooch a big decision so early.
Detroit is certainly hurting, and the people who live there and ...
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tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 12/12/2008 — What now for the automakers, now that their bridge loan failed in Congress? The Troubled Assets Relief Program -- TARP -- was enacted to save Wall Street but it's already been so twisted out of its original shape by Hank Paulson that a bit more ...
Democratic aides: Pelosi supports automakers help
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news.yahoo.com 11/11/2008 — 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.
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