Dec 23rd, 2008 · The United Auto Workers object to key terms of the Bush Administration's bailout of the automakers. Union President Ron Gettelfinger isn't shy about saying he will wait to work out a better deal with the Obama Administration. Some analysts say terms of the deal are squishy enough that it will be difficult to know whether the deal is being undermined.
Dec 14th, 2008 · With Congress unable to reach an agreement on an auto industry bailout, the Bush Administration is considering dipping into the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program to keep the automakers in business. But with only $14 billion of the first $350 billion left, the bailout remains in jeopardy. NPR's John Ydstie reports.
Dec 7th, 2008 · President-elect Barack Obama has chosen retired Gen. Eric Shinseki to be his secretary of Veterans Affairs. Shinseki upset the Bush Administration early in the Iraq war when he testified that several hundred thousand more U.S. troops would be needed following the invasion.
Nov 25th, 2008 · Pakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid discusses the Bush Administration's policies concerning Afghanistand and Pakistan and speculates about the changes President-elect Barack Obama may bring to the area.
Nov 11th, 2008 · Detroit's Big Three automakers are asking the government for a bigger bailout. They already have received $25 billion in federal loans, and now want an additional $25 billion. Congressional Democrats have urged the Bush Administration to use some of the $700 billion bailout for banks to help the car companies. Joe White, of The Wall Street Journal, talks with Renee Montagne about what a bailout would mean.
Nov 10th, 2008 · President-elect Barack Obama and his wife Michelle are meeting with President Bush and his wife Laura at the White House today. Over the weekend, Obama transition advisors said the new president will act fast to overturn hundreds of Bush Administration executive orders.
Oct 14th, 2008 · The Bush Administration is expected to announce new steps Tuesday to shore up the nation's battered financial markets. The plan is to use as much as $250 billion of the $700 billion bailout program approved by Congress to buy stock in U.S. banks.
Sep 23rd, 2008 · Republican presidential hopeful John McCain called Monday for bipartisan oversight of the Bush Administration's proposed bailout of the U.S. financial markets. Campaigning in Scranton, Pa., McCain said the current plan makes him "deeply uncomfortable" because one man, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, would have control over all that money.