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Detroit: Barney Worries Bankruptcy Would Bust Unions
newsbusters.org - 11/20/2008
Detroit: Barney Worries Bankruptcy Would Bust Unions
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Barney Frank favors bailing out the Detroit automakers over letting them go into bankruptcy. Chief among his concerns is that bankruptcy might "bust" the unions. You know, those organizations whose contract demands have put Detroit on the brink of extinction. The Massachusetts Dem, ...
npr.org - 11/19/2008
Rep. Frank Wants Bailout Shared With Automakers
— npr.org — Morning Edition , November 19, 2008 CEOs from GM, Ford and Chrysler appear Wednesday before the House... Financial Services Committee. Rep. Barney Frank, the committee's chairman, has drafted legislation extending the $700 billion rescue program to ... (more) Rep. Frank Wants Bailout Shared With Automakers

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redstate.com - 11/20/2008
Barney Frank: Big 3 Will Need Lots More Money
— redstate.com — He Admits It May Run Into the Hundreds of Billions NPR's Morning Edition featured a very interesting... interview with Chairman Barney Frank this morning. In it he asserted that the $25 billion that the Big 3 is now seeking is definitely not enough ... (more) Barney Frank: Big 3 Will Need Lots More Money

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eyeblast.tv - 11/19/2008
Barney Frank Comes Right Out And Says It: Automaker Bankruptcy Would Bust The Unions (video)
— eyeblast.tv — Barney Frank Comes Right Out And Says It: Automaker Bankruptcy Would Bust The Unions (video)... (more) Barney Frank Comes Right Out And Says It: Automaker ...

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News — ... of the bailout plan on National Public Radio today. And Frank is too protective of unions, Newsbusters' Mark Finkelstein asserts after the Massachusetts Democrat promoted the plan on the grounds that unions' contracts would end if the Big Three go bankrupt. FROM THE BLOGS: ...

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