Sen. Levin speaks on National Defense Authorization Act in Washington

DETROIT, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Detroit's automotive giants are working with lawmakers to assemble plans that could win votes on a new $25 billion bailout, sources said.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- U.S. senators from both parties presented their alternative for providing $25 billion in bridge loans as near-immediate help to the ailing U.S. auto industry.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- The government of Iraq needs to take all necessary actions to bring a halt to the targeted killings of the Christian minority population, U.S. lawmakers said.

DETROIT, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- Congressional approval of $25 billion in low-interest loans could boost the flagging U.S. auto industry, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., says.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- A bill before the U.S. Senate Tuesday would flaunt the strategic gains of the counterinsurgency campaign in Iraq and its effects on the so-called war on terror.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- Congressional Democrats, using the latest Wall Street crisis as a backdrop, Monday called for a new $50 billion package to jump-start the U.S. economy.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Congressional leaders are calling for Iraq's government to contribute more to rebuilding the country, following a report that Iraq actually spent only 14 percent of key reconstruction funds in the last three years, while accumulating a massive budget surplus.

Iraq invites oil and gas bids; Basra oil wells get upgrade; exports down for Iraqi crude; GAO says Iraq should finance its own reconstruction.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Iraq has produced a new embarrassment for President George W. Bush: It has been sitting on almost $80 billion in cash, not spending it at a time when U.S. taxpayers have pumped nearly $50 billion into the country.

LANSING, Mich., Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm has signed an order that will release a woman who has been in prison for 11 years for killing her ex-boyfriend.