spice756
9th November 2008, 02:49
You going love this.
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With the nation's automotive industry hemorrhaging cash, congressional leaders called on the Bush administration yesterday to offer government assistance to the car companies as part of the Treasury Department (http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/U.S.+Department+of+the+Treasury?tid=informline)'s $700 billion emergency rescue program.
The call came one day after General Motors (http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/General+Motors+Corporation?tid=informline), the nation's largest auto manufacturer, announced another multibillion dollar loss for the third quarter and said it was running out of money fast. Ford, the second-biggest car company, also reported heavy losses. Unless the government steps in, analysts warned, GM could face bankruptcy, endangering the livelihoods of about 100,000 North American autoworkers and hundreds of thousands of others whose jobs depend on the industry.
In a letter to Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson (http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/Henry+M.+Paulson?tid=informline) Jr., House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/Nancy+Pelosi?tid=informline) (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) (http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/Harry+Reid?tid=informline) asked Paulson to "review the feasibility . . . of providing temporary assistance to the automobile industry during the current financial crisis."
The letter notes that Congress granted Paulson broad discretion to use the bailout money to "restore financial market stability.
A healthy automobile manufacturing sector is essential to the restoration of financial market security," the letter continues, as well as to "the overall health of our economy, and the livelihood of the automobile sector's workforce."
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/08/AR2008110802000.html
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With the nation's automotive industry hemorrhaging cash, congressional leaders called on the Bush administration yesterday to offer government assistance to the car companies as part of the Treasury Department (http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/U.S.+Department+of+the+Treasury?tid=informline)'s $700 billion emergency rescue program.
The call came one day after General Motors (http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/General+Motors+Corporation?tid=informline), the nation's largest auto manufacturer, announced another multibillion dollar loss for the third quarter and said it was running out of money fast. Ford, the second-biggest car company, also reported heavy losses. Unless the government steps in, analysts warned, GM could face bankruptcy, endangering the livelihoods of about 100,000 North American autoworkers and hundreds of thousands of others whose jobs depend on the industry.
In a letter to Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson (http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/Henry+M.+Paulson?tid=informline) Jr., House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/Nancy+Pelosi?tid=informline) (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) (http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/Harry+Reid?tid=informline) asked Paulson to "review the feasibility . . . of providing temporary assistance to the automobile industry during the current financial crisis."
The letter notes that Congress granted Paulson broad discretion to use the bailout money to "restore financial market stability.
A healthy automobile manufacturing sector is essential to the restoration of financial market security," the letter continues, as well as to "the overall health of our economy, and the livelihood of the automobile sector's workforce."
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/08/AR2008110802000.html