Senate Republicans said Wednesday there weren't enough votes to pass a $14 billion bailout compromise deal brokered between Congressional Democrats and the White House to rescue General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC from imminent collapse.
"I think there's less than a handful of votes (in the Senate Republican caucus)," said Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., after leaving a lunch meeting in which Vice President Dick Cheney and White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten to tout the compromise. "I think they had less support when they left then when they came in."
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