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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.

Tuesday, August 28, 2012  General Motors has decided to ban President Barack Obama and Rebpulican candidate Mitt Romney from campaigning at their plants.  Is this the right call?

Tuesday, August 14, 2012  The GM bailout will cost taxpayers $3.4 billion more than expected.  Does this new total change your thoughts on the bailout?  Should GM continue to receive taxpayer dollars?

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".

Wednesday, January 25, 2012  FACT CHECK: Obama skims over election-year political realities in laying out plans

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

Thursday, November 17, 2011  Democrats see political minefield in Occupy Wall Street protests

Friday, October 14, 2011  Cleanup postponed at New York City plaza where encamped protesters had feared eviction

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

Tuesday, July 26, 2011  Chrysler retreats to $370M loss due to cost of repaying US and Canadian bailouts; but sales up

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

Tuesday, April 05, 2011  AIG, the same company that received a $132 Billion government bailout, has been ordered to pay every state millions of dollars for violating premium rules.