npr.org - 11/19/2008
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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 Detroit's Big Three automakers. The Massachusetts ...
redstate.com - 11/20/2008
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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 ...
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Barney Frank: Big 3 Will Need Lots More Money
riehlworldview.com - 11/17/2008
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With two Senate Republicans, Shelby and Kyl, coming
out against the Detroit bailout because in their view,...
"an auto bailout would only postpone the industry's demise," Barney Frank has some inspiring thoughts on spending billions more in taxpayer ...
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Barney Frank: "No Downside" To Spending Your Money
www3.whdh.com - 11/15/2008
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RSS Feeds Barney nips another White House visitor
BOSTON -- President Bush's dog Barney has been less...
than welcoming to another White House visitor. Boston Celtics public relations director Heather Walker said Friday that Barney bit her wrist and ...
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Barney nips another White House visitor
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Barney Frank: It Would Be Biased Not To Give Auto Industry As Much As The Financial Industry
Say Anything —
... During an interview with NPR, Democrat Rep. Barney Frank suggested that the auto industry bailout could end up being four times larger than what is currently being proposed. Because giving companies like AIG more than companies like General Motors would be biased. ...
Barney Frank: Big 3 Will Need Lots More Money
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... 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 to
keep the companies going, and it will be followed by tens of
billions more if the companies come up with a 'plan' that seems
promising. Although if you listen to the
interview, he gets awfully agitated at the NPR host for trying
to hone in on this point: ...
DAY'S END ROUNDUP
News —
... jabs after reading Frank's outline of the bailout plan on National Public Radio today. And Frank is too protective of unions, Newsbusters' ...
Auto bailout - neither side wants to be responsible for doing it, but Dem eventually will
QandO —
... For those who want the bailout, there are two options immediately available. One - use a portion of the $700 billion already passed by Congress. Two - the $25 billion fuel-efficiency fund already set aside by Congress to help auto makers switch to vehicles that burn less gasoline. ...
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wordpress.redstate.com 12/8/2008 — Barney Frank recently suggested that the Big 3 will need hundreds of billions in taxpayer money to get back on their feet. Today he informs us that the $15-$18 billion currently under discussion ought to be enough to get Detroit to February, at ...
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