Automakers' pleas met with Senate skepticism

(Scot Yount, NECN) - Today, auto executives made their second plea on Capitol Hill for a bailout. This time, they arrived by car, instead of the corporate jet. The Big Three say without a bailout, some of them could go under, and soon. The auto executives pleaded with lawmakers at a contentious Capitol Hill hearing - their second round in less than a month - for emergency aid before year's end. But with time running out on the current Congress, skepticism about the bailout appeared to be as strong as ever. "No thinking person thinks that all three companies can read more

NECN | December 5, 2008

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