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Archive Home > 2008 > December > 07 > Congress battles skeptics, the clock to seal auto deal

Congress battles skeptics, the clock to seal auto deal

Businesses on edge as leadership haggles

By Julie Hirschfeld Davis By Tom Krisher / The Bulletin
December 7, 2008

WASHINGTON — Racing to seal a deal with the White House, Democratic congressional leaders dispatched aides Saturday to draft an emergency $15 billion aid package to pull Detroit’s Big Three automakers from the brink of collapse.

Capitol Hill leaders prepared to sell yet....

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