In a letter to Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., Bernanke wrote that any decision about whether to provide financial aid to Detroit is best left to Congress.
Congress and the White House are pushing to clear the final obstacles to a $15 billion bailout of the auto industry, seeking agreement by the end of the day followed by swift passage.
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