Mr. JAMES CAPRETTA (Former Budget Official, Bush Administration): The general reaction usually is not the program dies, but it finds a way to get a little bit better.
But the special inspector general monitoring the government's bailout program says the Obama administration wanted to cut more dealers more quickly as a condition of rescuing the automakers.
The inspector general for the Troubled Asset Relief Program is investigating whether the administration pressured GM to give the UAW special treatment, but the IG lacks subpoena power to force officials to testify.