Gov. Kathleen Sebelius on Friday urged Kansas’ congressional delegation to keep working on a bailout for the auto industry. “There are an estimated 60,000 Kansas workers whose livelihoods depend on the survival of the American car companies, including workers at the GM plant in Kansas City,” Sebelius said. She said it would be an economic disaster to Kansas and the country to lose the auto jobs. “The strategy of blaming the workers for the auto companies’ failure, and allowing hundreds of thousands of American jobs to be lost, including jobs here in Kansas, will cause further harm to the Kansas economy,” she said. On Thursday, Republicans in the Senate killed a $14 billion rescue plan. The bailout vote was 52-35 on a procedural move that required 60 votes. U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., voted against the bailout while U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., voted for it. An auto industry plan that had been approved in the House was supported by Kansas Reps. Dennis Moore and Nancy Boyda, both Democrats, and opposed by Jerry Moran and Todd Tiahrt, both Republicans. Later Friday, the Bush administration indicated it may take some action to try to avoid an auto industry collapse.