Dems seek auto aid as treasury shifts rescue focus
(AP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081112/capt.e29184cb82134e609b8c2e31e34b8d8e.financial_meltdown_dcsw101.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=exxbv9p1SZm3OeR8EzJgiw--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson calls on a reporter during a news conference at the Treasury Department in Washington, Nov. 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081112/ap_on_bi_ge/financial_meltdown)AP - Urgently shifting course, the Bush administration is abandoning the centerpiece of its massive $700 billion economic rescue plan and exploring new ways to shore up not only banks but credit-card, auto-loan and other huge nonbank businesses. Democrats are pressing hard to include a multibillion-dollar bailout for faltering automakers, too ? over administration objections. Unimpressed by any of the talk on Wednesday, Wall Street dove ever lower.</p><br clear="all"/>
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