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Massachusetts: Car Czar

Thu, 12/11/2008 - 09:25

Nearly entire Mass. congressional delegation votes for auto bailout

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

Nine of Massachusetts' 10 members of Congress voted for the $14 billion auto industry rescue package Wednesday night, according to the roll call.

Congressman William Delahunt, a Quincy Democrat, did not vote. A spokesman for Delahunt told PolitickerMA.com Wednesday night that Delahunt is currently on a previously scheduled congressional delegation trip to Russia to discuss nuclear nonproliferation, the crisis in Georgia and energy issues. The spokesman declined to comment on whether Delahunt supports the bill.

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Tue, 12/09/2008 - 09:29

AP: Brockton native under consideration to be ‘car czar’

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

Kenneth Feinberg, a Brockton native and administrator of the Sept. 11 Victim Compensation Fund, is under consideration to oversee the $15 billion bailout of the auto industry, the Associated Press reports.

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