David Shepardson from the Detroit News Washington Bureau: The United States Treasury Department is leaning toward granting General Motors and Chrysler a loan package of roughly $10 billion that would allow them to survive into February, putting pressure on Congress to act to add funds. Talks between the automakers and Treasury are continuing, but no announcement of a deal is expected until at least Wednesday. One auto official said Treasury is considering "a bridge to a bridge loan" rather than the full amount sought by automakers. Senator Chris Dodd, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, told reporters in Ireland on Monday he expected the administration to act quickly but said any loans would allow the automakers to survive "basically into the first quarter."

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