The response to presentations by the chief executives of General Motors, Ford Motor and Chrysler in a hearing on Capitol Hill came despite a warning that the cost of a bail-out could eventually total $125bn, far beyond the $34bn in loans and credit lines currently sought by the carmakers.
But the mounting cost of bail-outs of the financial sector and more detailed restructuring plans submitted by the Big Three themselves have increased calls for aid for Detroit. Both congressional Democrats and the White House have softened positions they struck just two weeks ago as to the size and source of a new loan package.
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