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G.M. Shows Signs of Recovery Despite New Loss

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:12:15 GMT

G.M. said Monday that while it was still losing money, it had stabilized enough that it could take an important symbolic step and begin returning some of the $50 billion that the federal government provided to help give it a second chance.
Source: Gainesville Sun

Dingell Praises GM on Loan Repayment Start

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:07:52 GMT

November 16, 2009 -- Washington, DC - Congressman John D. Dingell (D-MI15) made the following remarks after General Motors (GM) announced the company would repay the United States more than $1 billion dollars next month, years earlier than...
Source: All American Patriots

Dingell Hails House Passage of Unemployment Extension

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:20:41 GMT

November 5, 2009 -- Washington, DC - Washington, DC – Congressman John D. Dingell (D-MI15), co-sponsor of H.R. 3548, the “Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2009”, spoke about the passage of this bill that stands to help the tens of thousands...
Source: All American Patriots

House Debate: Objections

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:49:59 GMT

The first nasty floor fight in the health care debate is under way, and it’s all over a bit of theater that Democrats decided to put on at the outset of today’s proceedings.
Source: The New York Times

Democrats in House Present $894 Billion Health Package

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:41:39 GMT

WASHINGTON House Democrats on Thursday unveiled an $894 billion package to remake the health care system, and celebrated by holding an outdoor rally at the Capitol where they asserted that tens of millions of Americans would soon gain affordable...
Source: The New York Times

WE'RE THE LEFT AND WE'RE HERE TO HELP...:

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:14:30 GMT

The riots that scorched the city in July 1967, leaving 43 people dead, were the product of an unarticulated racism that few had acknowledged, and a self-deceiving blindness that had made it possible for even the best-intentioned whites to ignore the...
Source: BrothersJudd Blog

Rep. Dingell Praises Senate Finance Committee on Passage of Health Insurance Reform Bill

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:26:22 GMT

October 13, 2009 -- Washington, DC - Congressman John D. Dingell (D-MI15), lead sponsor of H.R. 3200, the “America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009,” made the following comments after the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance passed its comprehensive...
Source: All American Patriots

Photo from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:26:28 GMT

Chairman Emeritus US Rep. John D. Dingell D-MI, also Dean of the House of US House of Representatives, listens as he attends a session of the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee Forum on the Need for Health Reform Now, September 15, 2009, inside th...

Photo from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:18:00 GMT

Chairman Emeritus US Rep. John D. Dingell ,D-MI, also Dean of the House of US House of Representatives, listens as he attends a session of the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee Forum on the Need for Health Reform Now, September 15, 2009, inside t...

John Dingell Sr.: A Legacy

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:04:31 GMT

As Michael notes, the President's speech begins with a tribute to John Dingell Sr. , a New Deal Congressman who was fighting for universal coverage 65 years ago, and whose son carries on the fight.
Source: Time Magazine

The House Honors John D. Dingell, 2/9

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:43:56 GMT