Topic: Gary Peters (Politician)

Office space lottery a lesson in humility for new members of Congress after a glittering weekRep.-elect Bob Gibbs was trying to get this straight: There's a public women's bathroom in the middle of a congressman's office suite? And ...

Ruse Conference

Politics: In his string of campaign-style mini-speeches masquerading as a press Q&A Friday, the president falsified the record. As the National Journal's Jeremy Jacobs put it last week, Peters "supports extending the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, which Obama opposes. Furthermore, if President Bush's across-the-board tax cuts really did cause the deepest recession since the Great Depression, why did the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office just last month declare that keeping all the tax cuts would mean that "economic growth would be stronger next year; unemployment would be lower next year"?. If the tax cuts are to blame, why did Obama's just-resigned Council of Economic Advisers Chairwoman Christina Romer - whom Obama on Friday said ...
House votes to expand government research on advanced technology vehiclesTargeting more federal money to support the auto industry, the House on Wednesday approved an expansion of government-led research into making cars and trucks more fuel-efficient.The House plan would allow the Energy ...
Congressman says General Motors could pick small-car factory site as early as this weekA Michigan congressman says General Motors Corp. could decide as early as this week where it will build a new line of small cars.Rep. Gary Peters, whose district ...
Strapped auto supplier groups to ask government for up to $10 billion in new loan guaranteesAutomotive parts suppliers plan to seek an additional $8 billion to $10 billion in loan guarantees to help them weather a bleak auto sales environment and the ...