Just a few months ago, Congress passed a $700 billion rescue package to help save the nation's financial system, now it is gearing up to loan $14 billion to our auto makers.
We want to know how you feel about the proposed loan to the Big 3. Where do we draw the line? Is enough enough and they should be allowed to fail? Or will too many jobs be lost and further sink our economy? Weigh In! ... read more
FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 690
[Democrats in roman; Republicans in italic; Independents underlined]
H R 7321 RECORDED VOTE 10-Dec-2008 8:46 PM
QUESTION: On Passage
BILL TITLE: Auto Industry Financing and Restructuring Act
AyesNoesPRESNVDemocratic
205
20
11
Republican
32
150
1
15
IndependentTOTALS237170126read more
“Who wants to have a gas-guzzling dinosaur in his garage? Think of the gas bills!” - George Romney, April 6, 1959.
Small was big in 1954 and one U.S. car maker got it right. Not GM (GM), not Ford (F), not Chrysler. The car company that saw the future, but never lived to see it, was the now dead American Motors. (Triumphant trumpets blow). Toward the end, they produced some of the ... read more
December 11, 2008 02:08 PM EST
Weigh In: Your Thoughts on the Auto Bailout
Just a few months ago, Congress passed a $700 billion rescue package to help save the nation's financial system, now it is gearing up to loan $14 billion to our auto makers. We want to know how you feel about the proposed loan to the Big 3. Where do we draw the line? Is enough enough and they should be allowed to fail? Or will too many jobs be lost and further sink our economy? Weigh In! ... read more
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