12-12-2008, 08:04 AM
laarree wrote:
[quote=Black Landlord]That bill — the product of a hard-fought negotiation between congressional Democrats and the Bush White House — was virtually dead on arrival in the Senate, where Republicans said it was too weak in its demands on the car companies and contained unacceptable environmental mandates for the Big Three.
Environmental mandates? Unacceptable!
Is this one of the last gasps of the pre-January 20th divided Senate?
I do hear some wheezing...
The new Congressmen and Senators will start with the next term on January 6th. So it probably is the last gasp for some. Also some are setting themselves up to get re-elected in 2010. They have assembly plants for Japanese makes in their states, and bringing down pay for UAW workers to what the workers there in their states make may go over well.