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    White House May Tap TARP to Bailout Auto Industry

    Republicans in the Senate killed the Big Three bailout last night. Now the Bush White House may be ready to do what it has said it would not -- help Ford, Chrysler and General Motors with some of the $700 billion originally appropriated for Wall Street.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Republicans in the Senate killed the Big Three bailout last night. Now the Bush White House may be ready to do what it has said it would not -- help Ford, Chrysler and General Motors with some of the $700 billion originally appropriated for Wall Street. Today, Senator Chris Dodd of Connecticut stressed that the urgency in acting was not a matter of weeks but hours. Sudeep Reddy covers the White House for the Wall Street Journal.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Sudeep Reddy

      Wall Street Journal

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    In American Politics, Is Corruption Business as Usual?
    1. 1:45White House May Tap TARP to Bailout Auto IndustryYou’re reading this
    2. 7:47Illinois Governor Blagojevich and the Politics of Corruption
    3. 43:08Closing 'Gitmo,' Easier Said that Done?
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