Breaking: Auto Bailout Fails in the Senate

blogs.cars.com - 12/12/2008

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11:10 p.m. EST: The Senate just voted down the widely known auto "bailout" bill. From everything discussed it appears the UAW was willing to concede to pay parity as a condition for the bill to go through without any negotiation. There are currently no plans for another bill before the end ...

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