Follow BeltwayBlips on TwitterAfter Tax Errors Raised, GOP Leaders Defend Treasury Nominee
Published 1/15/2009 by Lori Montgomery at Wash Post In Congress
Was he cheating on his taxes or just sloppy with his finances? Lawmakers vetting the nomination of Timothy F. Geithner to serve as Treasury secretary say they may never be sure. But leading Republicans nonetheless joined Democrats in leaping to his defense yesterday, calling Geithner's tax gaffes...
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