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Thursday, April 11, 2013  The U.S. Government is now $19 billion short of recovering the full amount loaned to General Motors.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  The U.S. Government says it has recovered over half the money loaned to GM as part of the bailout.

Sunday, May 06, 2012  George H.W. Bush was the last republican to win Michigan during a presidential election.

Thursday, February 23, 2012  Republican candidates continue to make errant claims during debate, misstating facts about the auto bailout, taxes and other topics.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012  Mitt Romney is trying to make amends for a 2008 headline.  In a Wall Street Journal Op-Ed he wrote the chosen headline was "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt".

Monday, November 21, 2011  Moore was in town for a signing of his new book at the Whiting.

Friday, September 02, 2011  The Detroit-based automaker barely drove past Toyota’s auto sales by just over 600 vehicles.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011  Tuesday, Chrysler repayed $7.6 billion of the bailout loans.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010  GM filed the paperwork for its initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday.

Friday, July 30, 2010  President Barack Obama says his administration's bailout out of U.S. car companies saved more than 1 million jobs and kept communities that depend on the auto industry afloat.

Monday, January 11, 2010  A top executive for General Motors Co. says the automaker should be "solidly profitable" when demand for new cars and trucks rebounds to normal levels.

Monday, November 02, 2009  Government investigators say the U.S. government is unlikely to recover all of its investment in General Motors or Chrysler because the companies' value would need to "grow substantially above what they have been in the past."

Wednesday, April 08, 2009  Volkswagen's U.S. CEO says automakers must work to improve fuel efficiency and reduce emissions despite continued tough economic conditions.

Monday, April 06, 2009  U.S. Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI), Ranking Member of the Ways and Means Committee and co-author of the landmark Pension Protection Act of 2006, today questioned if the Obama administration had fully considered the impact on retirees and communities of its apparent push to drive General Motors into some form of bankruptcy.

Monday, March 30, 2009  Canada's federal government and Ontario's provincial government say they agree with President Barack Obama that neither General Motors nor Chrysler has proposed sweeping enough changes to justify further bailouts.