WASHINGTON — Some lawmakers are seeing positive signs as the ink dries on a new auto partnership even as the future of the Fenton assembly plant remains murky after the Obama administration rejected both the Chrysler and GM restructuring plans today.
Chrysler formed a deal…
WASHINGTON — As the Tuesday deadline approaches for the Obama administration to evaluate auto makers’ restructuring packages, Democrats from Missouri and Illinois are pushing to save 5,000 jobs at a Chrysler plant near St. Louis.
In a letter to Steven Rattner, a top adviser for President Obama’s…
Hulshof
Over at Politico, their getting a quack out of the Congressmen — lame duck and otherwise — who did not show up for this week’s vote on the auto bailout package.
In the Senate, several of the no-shows had good reason —…
Smith
While the Big Three automakers are pledging to become more fuel-efficient as they push for a bailout from Capitol Hill, one Missouri lawmaker is hoping to provide an incentive for consumers.
State Sen. Jeff Smith, a St. Louis Democrat, has filed…
Bond
As our Washington bureau chief Bill Lambrecht reports, Missouri Sen. Kit Bond has emerged as a leading advocate — and, perhaps, an unlikely one — in pushing for a $25 billion rescue plan for the auto industry.
Lambrecht says that Bond and Republican…
