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Words are OK; actions are better

Domestic automakers and suppliers will be happy to learn that Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., feels their pain. Last week Clinton announced the creation of the Senate Manufacturing Caucus to address the eroding U.S. manufacturing base. But John Engler, the Republican former governor of Michigan who heads the National Association of Manufacturers, says a better test will be how Clinton and others vote on an energy bill, trade agreements and legislation on asbestos litigation. Hank Cox, a spokesman for the association, says Clinton voted "correctly'' - that means the way the association wanted her to - just 6 percent of the time in 2001-02 …