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Congressional Democrats put off vote on US auto industry bailout

Published November 20, 2008, 8:29 pm, Deutsche Welle

Democratic leaders in the US Congress have sidetracked legislation to bail out the country's auto industry and demanded the Big Three American automakers develop a plan assuring the money would make them economically viable.

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