Auto Bailout In Pictures

In Pictures: The Big Three Bailout

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Bush Explains the Auto Bailout - 12/19/08

November's Car Sales have been on a downward spiral

Heads of the Big Three Plead their Case.

CEO of General Motors Richard Wagoner.

CEO of the Ford Motor Company Alan Mulally.

Chairman and CEO of Chrysler LLC Robert Nardelli

Big three pleading their case to warrant a bailout.

GM Headquarters:  100 - 400 Renaissance Center S side of Jefferson Ave just E of Woodward Ave Detroit, Michigan.

Ford Headquarters: "At more than 100 years old, Ford Motor Company is one of the largest U.S. based motor vehicle manufactures", energystar.gov.

Chrysler Headquarters: located in the Metro Detroit suburb of Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA.

The complex includes the Chrysler Technology Center, Scientific Laboratories, an education center, and health and dining facilities.

Ford Workers in Factory.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (left) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, followed by Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH) and Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd.

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According to govtack.us, "Barney Frank has sponsored 256 bills since Jan 5, 1993, of which 228 haven't made it out of committee and 4 were successfully enacted."

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi walks to her weekly press conference. As lawmakers who initially voted against the measure slowly began changing their votes, there was an increasing sense of optimism that the bill would pass.

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Pelosi happily displays the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 during a press conference Friday after the House voted 263 to 171 in favor of the measure.

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House Minority Whip Roy Blunt speaks with the media after the initial vote failed.

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House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer holds a press conference Wednesday in his Capitol Hill office.

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CEO of the Ford Motor Company Alan Mulally

Chairman and CEO of Chrysler LLC Robert Nardelli.

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