Follow BeltwayBlips on TwitterFrank angry at banks over bailout plans (AP)
Published 10/31/2008 at Yahoo! News: Politics News
AP - The chairman of the House Financial Service Committee accused financial institutions on Friday of "distorting" the government's $700 billion economic bailout plan by using funds for bonuses, dividends and acquisitions.
(link)
Tags:
Congress
Barney Frank
Related Content
Barney Frank’s Same Sex “ex-Partner” was Fannie Mae Executive « Doctor Bulldog & Ronin
doctorbulldog.wordpress.com 10/30/2008 — A video flashback From 2004: Highlights from the video (H/T - HotAir ): Maxine Waters : Through nearly a dozen hearings, we were frankly trying to fix something that wasn’t broke. Mr. Chairman, we do not have a crisis at Freddie Mac, and particularly ...
doctorbulldog.wordpress.com 10/30/2008 — A video flashback From 2004: Highlights from the video (H/T - HotAir ): Maxine Waters : Through nearly a dozen hearings, we were frankly trying to fix something that wasn’t broke. Mr. Chairman, we do not have a crisis at Freddie Mac, and particularly ...
Destroying From Within...
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 10/31/2008 — So many valuable ideas have been advanced in response to my initial post that it's hard to choose which to address. But I do want to say that Andrew Bacevich's whimsical suggestion of a Pentagon run by Barney Frank is not as far-fetched as it might ...
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 10/31/2008 — So many valuable ideas have been advanced in response to my initial post that it's hard to choose which to address. But I do want to say that Andrew Bacevich's whimsical suggestion of a Pentagon run by Barney Frank is not as far-fetched as it might ...
Rep. Frank says bailout funds must be for lending
reuters.com 10/31/2008 — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Companies receiving public money under a U.S. government financial rescue program must use it for lending or they will be violating the law, the powerful chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee ...
reuters.com 10/31/2008 — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Companies receiving public money under a U.S. government financial rescue program must use it for lending or they will be violating the law, the powerful chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee ...
Bart Debie and Frank Vanhecke
gatesofvienna.blogspot.com 11/1/2008 — I just received an email from Paul Belien of the Brussels Journal with an update about Bart Debie and the connection between Mr. Debie’s case and that of Frank Vanhecke. When you look at what has happened to these two men, a pattern emerges. These are ...
gatesofvienna.blogspot.com 11/1/2008 — I just received an email from Paul Belien of the Brussels Journal with an update about Bart Debie and the connection between Mr. Debie’s case and that of Frank Vanhecke. When you look at what has happened to these two men, a pattern emerges. These are ...
Barney Frank “WAAAAAAH, Paulson is using the authority I wrote into the bill”
firedoglake.com 11/2/2008 — Crying Barney By Twolf Seriously, I grant that Barney's right that banks "ought" to use the money for lending, in the sense that that's the entire reason for the bailout: that banks weren't lending. But, he's absolutely wrong when ...
firedoglake.com 11/2/2008 — Crying Barney By Twolf Seriously, I grant that Barney's right that banks "ought" to use the money for lending, in the sense that that's the entire reason for the bailout: that banks weren't lending. But, he's absolutely wrong when ...
In Tightfisted Turn, Economy Contracts — Wash Post In Congress 10/31/2008
Through recession, countless natural disasters and a major terrorist attack, there has been one constant in the U.S. economy: American consumers have bought more stuff in any given quarter than they did in the previous one.
Through recession, countless natural disasters and a major terrorist attack, there has been one constant in the U.S. economy: American consumers have bought more stuff in any given quarter than they did in the previous one.
