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...then called on Ron Gettelfinger, president of the United Auto Workers, to rate the companies. "I'd rank 'em Ford, Chrysler and General Motors," the union man responded. That won't get Mulally any more money, but at least he knows where he stands in the halls of Congress and the union...
...Obama's green intentions, however, he can't pass carbon cap-and-trade legislation by fiat - that will require Congress. Many congressional leaders, including some Democrats from coal-heavy states, remain doubtful about the benefits of mandatory carbon caps, especially with the U.S. drowning economically. One key signal will be the outcome of the battle for leadership of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee. The contenders: Representative John Dingell of Michigan, who has defended Detroit from tougher fuel-efficiency standards and stood in the way of action on climate change, and the challenger, Henry Waxman of California, who scores...
...choices in the past decade, culminating in their current liquidity crisis. While a healthy economy would survive the bankruptcy of a Big Three auto giant, any such failure could plunge the economy as a whole into depression in the current economic environment. In order to prevent this from happening, Congress needs to extend a loan to these companies. The automakers should certainly be held responsible for their own poor choices. Their focus on the production of SUVs and trucks instead of more fuel-efficient cars has caused major profit losses, as consumers have turned away from these gas-guzzling vehicles...
...Warren, executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights. "There is no meaningful way to deter subsequent Administrations from engaging in the thought process and the activities that this Administration did without a serious threat of criminal prosecution. The other ways of doing that, which would be having the Congress and the courts be a check on Administration policies, have failed miserably...
...change the way Washington works. Can you all come together? Boehner: It's important to see what direction they go. So we'll look forward to his budget submission, which is early February, and we'll look forward to those first moves that we see here in the Congress. Now, if he wants to take this middle path, postpartisanship, more power to him. We'll be there to work with him. But it's not going to just be him - it's going to be, you know, Where's the Democratic Congress going? And what is it they're going...