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Auto-State Lawmakers Mount Push to Help Revive Car Industry

  • Bipartisan coalition to urge Pelosi, McCarthy to consider aid
  • Stay-home orders to combat virus have idled plants, cut sales

     

Photographer: Anthony Lanzilote/Bloomberg
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A bipartisan group of House lawmakers from states with a large auto industry presence is mounting a push to aid the sector that has idled factories and seen car sales plummet due to the coronavirus.

Nine lawmakers from both parties so far have signed onto a draft letter urging House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to consider fresh proposals to support auto industry employment in future coronavirus legislation.