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U.S. Senate Committee On Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner, steps from a Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid car Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008, at his hotel in Washington after driving from Detroit to testify at Congressional hearings on the auto industry bailout. If the Detroit Three automakers have learned anything since their last trip to Washington, it's that the old way of doing business just won't fly. So the decision by auto executives to travel in hybrid cars rather than corporate jets is just the start to overhauling their image as the industry pleads its case for $25 billion in federal loans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)Automakers plead with Congress; votes lacking
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Imperiled automakers and their union worked feverishly Wednesday to sell a ...

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General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner, steps from a Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid car Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008, at his hotel in Washington after driving from Detroit to testify at Congressional hearings on the auto industry bailout. If the Detroit Three automakers have learned anything since their last trip to Washington, it's that the old way of doing business just won't fly. So the decision by auto executives to travel in hybrid cars rather than corporate jets is just the start to overhauling their image as the industry pleads its case for $25 billion in federal loans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)Not just another car ride for GM CEO Wagoner
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The head of the nation's largest automaker took perhaps the most important car ride of his life Wednesday, ...
General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner, passenger seat, left, travels in Frederick, Md.,Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008, by car from Detroit to Washington to testify in a Congressional hearing on the auto industry bailout. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)Automakers plead for aid, but Senate votes lacking
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Imperiled automakers and their union worked feverishly Wednesday to sell a skeptical Congress on a ...
In this Oct. 2, 2008 file photo, Janna Dake inspects a 2009 F150 pickup as it goes down the line at the Kansas City Ford Assembly Plant in Claycomo, Mo. The United Auto Workers on Wednesday, Dec. 3 said it is willing to change its contracts with U.S. automakers and accept delayed payments of billions of dollars to a union-run health care trust to do its part to help the struggling companies secure $34 billion in government loans. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, file)Automakers plead for aid plan, but votes lacking
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Imperiled automakers and their union worked feverishly Wednesday to sell a skeptical Congress on a ...
In this Nov. 19, 2008 file photo, auto industry executives, from left, General Motors Chief Executive Officer Richard Wagoner; Chrysler Chief Executive Officer Robert Nardelli; and Ford Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally, testify on Capitol Hill in Washington before a House Financial Services Committee hearing on the automotive industry bailout. Detroit's automakers, making a second bid for $25 billion in funding, are presenting Congress with plans Tuesday, Dec. 2 to restructure their ailing companies and provide assurances that the funding will help them survive and thrive. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, file)Carmakers pitch plans before pivotal hearings
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Automakers and their union worked feverishly Wednesday to sell a skeptical Congress on a $34 billion ...
In this Nov. 19, 2008 file photo, auto industry executives, from left, General Motors Chief Executive Officer Richard Wagoner; Chrysler Chief Executive Officer Robert Nardelli; and Ford Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally, testify on Capitol Hill in Washington before a House Financial Services Committee hearing on the automotive industry bailout. Detroit's automakers, making a second bid for $25 billion in funding, are presenting Congress with plans Tuesday, Dec. 2 to restructure their ailing companies and provide assurances that the funding will help them survive and thrive. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, file)Chrysler exec: failure could spark depression
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A top Chrysler executive warned Wednesday that a carmaker collapse could send the economy spiraling ...
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In this Nov. 19, 2008 file photo, auto industry executives, from left, General Motors Chief Executive Officer Richard Wagoner; Chrysler Chief Executive Officer Robert Nardelli; and Ford Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally, testify on Capitol Hill in Washington before a House Financial Services Committee hearing on the automotive industry bailout. Detroit's automakers, making a second bid for $25 billion in funding, are presenting Congress with plans Tuesday, Dec. 2 to restructure their ailing companies and provide assurances that the funding will help them survive and thrive. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, file)GM exec: bankruptcy not an option for industry
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A top executive of General Motors Corp. said Wednesday bankruptcy isn't a viable option, as the United ...
Trader David O'Day works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)Auditors fault Treasury policing of bailout funds
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Lawmakers want the Treasury to insist that banking institutions sharing in the $700 billion bailout ...
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks with reporters at the Capitol about the crisis in the American auto industry Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Congress eyes Big Three automakers' survival plans
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Detroit's Big Three auto executives have ditched their corporate jets for hybrid cars and replaced ...
Autoworker chief pleads for government aid
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The head of the United Auto Workers made a public plea Sunday for government help for U.S. carmakers as the Big Three put the final touches on stabilization ...
 
 
 

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