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Auto executives flew to washington in private jets as they were asking for a taxpayer funded bailout. A very contentious hearing. They were embarrassed. Today it is gms c 0 in the hot seat. All right, rich, mary barra is a soft spoken woman. Do you think thats going to deflect some of the hostility that may be directed towards her . Reporter i think the situation will deflect the hostility that we saw. You pointed out the optics that surrounded it and the questions whether or not they were tone deaf coming here, hat in hand in 2008, asking for bailouts having stepped off their corporate jets w...

Tara, good morning to you. Good morning, terrell. The standoff over the fiscal cliff is finally over. Many House Republicans and even some democrats did not like this bill, but enough ultimately relented. After months of debating and back room deals, congress has passed a bill which will pull the country back from the fiscal cliff. On this vote the yays are 257. The nays are 167. The bill extends the bushera tax rates for individuals earning 400,000 per year and couples 450,000. It also delays acrosstheboard spends cuts. Id like to speak for this bill but i cant. 151 voted against the bill bec...

I ask that the call of the quorum the presiding officer without objection, the quorum call is suspended. Mr. Coats mr. President , thank you. Mr. President , when the senate last met i introduced together with senator durbin a resolution regarding our response to russias invasion of ukraine. That resolution which received unanimous support here in the senate called for a number of specific steps to punish and isolate russia for its actions. Among these steps we called upon president obama to impose sanctions on officials of the Russian Federation who are most responsible for the invasion of th...

Gm failed to report a ignition die tech in millions of cars. The smoking gun is unreported memo from a parts supplier that laid out the problem. Regulators slap gm with a maximum fine of 35 million. Is it enough . Joining me two people that should know. We have former nits at that attorney and we have a lawyer for family of people who died in crashes of gm cars covered by this recall. Alan, start with you. You were in enforcement in nhtsa. Are you surprised by their action . Did it go far enough . This is about as far as nhtsa can go. Nhtsas authority for civil penalty is only 35 million. The ...

Administration. Gm failed to report a ignition die tech in millions of cars. The smoking gun is unreported memo from a parts supplier that laid out the problem. Regulators slap gm with a maximum fine of 35 million. Is it enough . Joining me two people that should know. We have former nits at that attorney and we have a lawyer for family of people who died in crashes of gm cars covered by this recall. Alan, start with you. You were in enforcement in nhtsa. Are you surprised by their action . Did it go far enough . This is about as far as nhtsa can go. Nhtsas authority for civil penalty is only ...