[1] It is the largest car manufacturing plant in the United States in terms of vehicles produced.

The move stirred fears that it could result in the loss of half the jobs at the 3,700-person plant.

[3] The bill could enable Ford to save $150 million across ten years by investing in the plant.

[4] The bill had been the subject of a filibuster by Missouri State Senator Chuck Purgason who objected to the favoritism extended to Ford and read aloud sections of Allan W. Eckert's The Frontiersman into the record.

In 2011, Ford said it would spend $1.1 billion on additions and upgrades, including a new stamping plant.