The auto company loans, like the bank bailouts a couple of months earlier, were originally made by...George W. Bush (you remember him don't you?) in December, 2008 after Congress had rejected making them, Bush directed Treasury Secretary Paulson to make the loans to the auto companies from...
Laws are not being passed 'behind closed doors'---they are passed by the Congress that meets and votes upon them in open sessions. Look at C-span once in a while. Jeez.
We say that because they are whining. I am sure all them patriotic, "real Americans" would be proud that the President of the United States of America has received so prestigious of an honor. Oh, wait, patriotism for some stops when a guy from the 'other' party occupies the White House, right...
I don't listen to either of these commentators. They are not journalists, rather they are entertainers.
If you want real broadcast news then go to the BBC World News and The News Hour with Jim Lehrer on PBS or listen to NPR on your radio. At least those outlets have real journalistic...
Penny, if they have to do it by themselves then they will--even if they have to wheel Robert Byrd and Ted Kennedy in on gurneys. They were hoping that the Republican Party might actually try to do something good for the country for a change. I guess that was naive, eh?