Max Supports Bill to Reverse Dealer Terminations

NADA reports today that auto dealers trying to reverse the closing of more than 3,000 General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group LLC dealers won the backing of two key members of Congress this week. Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee, and House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, signed on to bills in Congress to reverse the June closing of 789 Chrysler dealers and the planned closing of at least 1,300 GM dealers. Boehner joins House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., as a co-sponsor in a rare example of party leaders joining forces on a bill. That brings the total to 30 senators and 264 House members that are on record ifavor of bills seeking to reverse the closings.