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reuters.com - 12/6/2008
White House, Democrats reach deal on $15 billion auto aid
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic leaders and the White House reached a deal to provide billions of dollars in relief to the ailing U.S. auto industry, a senior congressional aide told Reuters on Friday. The package, which Democratic leaders hope to win passage of next week and send to President ...
Key lawmakers reach tentative auto bailout deal (AP)
news.yahoo.com - 12/12/2008
Key lawmakers reach tentative auto bailout deal (AP)
— news.yahoo.com — AP - The top Senate Democrat says a bipartisan group of senators has a tentative agreement on... an emergency bailout for U.S. automakers that could see a vote tonight. Majority Leader Harry Reid said the lead Republican architect of the deal was ... (more) Key lawmakers reach tentative auto bailout deal (AP)

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Congress sends White House auto aid plan with czar (AP)
news.yahoo.com - 12/9/2008
Congress sends White House auto aid plan with czar (AP)
— news.yahoo.com — AP - Congressional Democrats and the White House worked to resolve their last disputes Monday over terms... of a $15 billion bailout for U.S. auto makers — complete with a "car czar" to oversee the industry's reinvention of itself — that's expected ... (more) Congress sends White House auto aid plan with czar (AP)

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Dems, White House Agree To Auto Bailout, Pelosi Bows To Bush Condition On Deal Granting $15 Billion In Loans To Big Three
cbsnews.com - 12/6/2008
Dems, White House Agree To Auto Bailout, Pelosi Bows To Bush Condition On Deal Granting $15 ...
— cbsnews.com — (CBS/AP) After weeks of tense discussions with the heads of the U.S. auto industry, Democratic Congressional leaders... have reached an agreement that may just clear the way for the Big Three to get the money they need to survive ... for now. CBS News ... (more) Dems, White House Agree To Auto Bailout, Pelosi Bows To ...

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Open Left - Front Page:  Auto Bailout Deal Reached

the talking dog:  Lemon law?

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Auto Bailout Deal Reached
Open Left - Front Page — Just reported now, so details are minimal. This gist of it appears to be a partial spending plan that will allow the automakers to stay afloat until late January, at which point Republicans won't matter for a while. ...

Lemon law?
the talking dog — ... Many states have laws providing remedies for customers who purchase chronically bad vehicles, known colloquially as "lemons". What can one say to the American taxpayer, after nervous lawmakers got together to give away $15 billion more of China's American taxpayer's money in an apparent auto-maker bailout deal ... buying not merely clunker cars, but clunker car companies ? I've got your auto bailout right here, America. Fuggedabout the $25 billion asked for; the federal government will pay twice that-- $50 billion-- immediately secured by the outstanding shares of all ...

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