Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry

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United States federal government task force

The Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry was a U.S. government body created under the Obama administration to oversee and manage the restructuring and bailout of major American automakers during the late-2000s financial crisis.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal government task force →
appliesToJurisdiction	United States →
appointedBy	President Barack Obama →
country	United States →
createdBy	Barack Obama administration →
dissolvedOrAbolished	early 2010s →
fieldOfWork	automotive industry → economic policy → industrial policy →
follows	ad hoc Treasury oversight of auto bailout →
hasEffect	facilitated government-backed bankruptcies of GM and Chrysler →
hasMember	Austan Goolsbee → Brian Deese → Carol Browner → Christina Romer → Dan Pfeiffer → David Axelrod → Diana Farrell → Edward Montgomery → Gene Sperling → Heather Zichal → Jared Bernstein → Jared Polis → Jim Messina → Lawrence Summers → Lisa Heinzerling → Nancy-Ann DeParle → Peter Orszag → Phil Schiliro → Rahm Emanuel → Ron Bloom → Steven Rattner → Timothy Geithner → Valerie Jarrett →
hasPurpose	oversight of federal assistance to automakers → promotion of long-term viability of U.S. automakers → protection of U.S. taxpayers’ interests in auto bailouts → restructuring of the U.S. auto industry →
headOfGovernment	Barack Obama →
inception	2009 →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Washington, D.C. →
mainSubject	Chrysler → General Motors → U.S. auto industry →
partOf	Executive Office of the President of the United States →
significantEvent	2009 restructuring of Chrysler → 2009 restructuring of General Motors → United States automobile industry bailout →
useOfFunds	Troubled Asset Relief Program →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
U.S. auto industry crisis of 2008–2010 →	governmentAgencyInvolved