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WASHINGTON: Age and seniority gave way in Congress on Thursday, a transformational shift for an institution where tremendous power has traditionally been built on...

...Congress has opened for Detroit's automakers a narrow path to the financial bailout they say is essential to their survival.The Big Three now have 12 days to put...

WASHINGTON -- Congress dealt a blow to Detroit's ailing auto industry Thursday by adjourning without approving $25 billion in emergency loans, despite pleas this week...

The US Congress sent car makers away empty handed on Thursday after Democratic leaders said lawmakers were unable to approve a new emergency loan for the troubled...

White House says President Bush will quickly sign the legislation. Reporting from Washington -- Jarred by new alarms on the jobless front, Congress raced to...

...row of new Ford trucks are displayed at a Ford dealership in Colma, California. Faced with the choice of bailing out the ailing auto industry or letting it fail,

WASHINGTON — If there's a single moment that explains why Congress refused Thursday to give the ailing American auto industry immediate help, it came when Rep. Brad...

...broader legislation containing the benefits extension, urged passage of the new version and said President George W. Bush would quickly sign it. As Congress prepared to leave town...

WASHINGTON — Florida Sen. Bill Nelson is calling on Congress to press Iran into divulging more information about Robert Levinson, a retired FBI agent who went missing in...

WASHINGTON: Democratic leaders said the executives of U.S. automakers had failed to persuade Congress that $25 billion in government aid would be well spent and they...