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Detroit Can’t Count on a Jump-Start From D.C.

By | 11.14.08 | 10:57 pm

In a blizzard of partisan rhetoric, congressional leaders sparred Friday over whether America’s struggling auto makers should be the next benefactor in the lengthening series of federal bailouts.

Key Democrats have pushed furiously for an additional $25-billion infusion to help the sinking industry. Earlier this year, Congress More…