money.cnn.com - 3/19/2009
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(Updated to add comments from Rep. Darrell Issa , in the sixth through 10th paragraphs.) By Meena Thiruvengadam Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Less than two months into the job, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner already has at least two congressman calling on him to ...
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The R-Word
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... ] Rep. Darrell Issa (R, Calif.), ranking Republican on Government Oversight, becomes the second Republican in Congress to call for Tim Geithner's resignation . The first was Rep. Connie Mack (R, Fla.). ...
Tim Geithner, Secretary of Nationalization
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... Rewarding failure is not just for Wall Street anymore. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has done such an uninspiring job over the past few weeks that many in Congress have called for his head. Much like Wall Street where Washington, D.C. is rewarding failure with big bonuses and massive multi-billion dollar bailouts, the Obama Administration is following the “rewarding failure” strategy by putting forth a proposal that would grant the Secretary of the Treasury the unprecedented power to nationalize private enterprise. And I bet you thought those ...
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