Ford Presses Its Agenda on Hill

• By Matthew Murray
• Roll Call Staff
• Sept. 30, 2009, Midnight

To legions of die-hard car racing fans, Ford is an acronym for “First On Race Day.” But the track-side rallying cry of Detroit’s perennial No. 2 producer is also fast becoming its moniker on Capitol Hill, where Ford Motor Co. is being greeted as a hero of the down economy.