To be fair, for the most part it has been the same republicans who were against the financial bailout who are also against the Detroit bailout. Although Shelby represents Alabama, a state where Toyota and Mercedes produce cars via non union labor, he was also one of the nay's for wall streets version...

Quote Originally Posted by maladroit
n your own headline rather than use the associated press headline...your headline should read: republican actions force bailout to die in the senate
With all due respect, it was not the republican senators who came to Detroit begging them to take their money. If wages are already similar, what was it specifically that UAW would not concede to?