Today’s Headlines

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  • Obama administration sends $3.5 billion in new taxpayer money to the mortgage arm of auto lender GMAC, making the federal government its majority shareholder (WaPo)
  • The landscape of interest groups lobbying on climate change is getting big -- crazy big (NYT Blogs)
  • One proposal to help marshal public support for higher gas taxes: Let people know exactly where their money is going (Fredericksburg.com)
  • Massachusetts Gov. Patrick to cancel $18 million in planned school transportation cuts (Globe)