gallup.com - 1/15/2009
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PRINCETON, NJ -- A majority of Americans (62%) say Congress should block President-elect Obama's request to release the remaining $350 billion in Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) funds until more details are provided about how the funds will be spent. The rest of Americans are split between ...
weeklystandard.com - 1/17/2009
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Of seven newly minted freshman Democratic senators, six
voted for releasing the second half of the $700
billion TARP funds in what is being considered Obama's first major test of strength on the Hill. This would be rather uncontroversial had not five ...
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Profiles in Courage: Obama's Freshman Democratic Senators
freewillsf.blogspot.com - 1/19/2009
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Obama-time is still two days away, but the
legislative branch is already hard at work. For Democrats,
the Senate has always been their special preserve. They are masters of the filibuster, keepers of the Senatorial privilege, and firm adherents to ...
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Poll: Most Want Congress to Block TARP Money
News —
... Most Americans want Congress to block the disbursement of the remaining $350 billion in bailout money until they get more details about how the funds would be used, according to a new Gallup poll . Though President-elect Obama has asked Congress for the money now, 62 percent of Americans want the request blocked until they receive plans on how it will be spent. Another 12 percent said that the money should be blocked entirely, and just 20 percent want the money released. Support for Congress to block the funds is bipartisan — 67 percent of Republicans and 65 percent of ...
Profiles in Courage: Obama's Freshman Democratic Senators
Weekly Standard Blog —
... for voting against the bill. Wyden, who is facing reelection in 2010, voted against releasing the second half of the bailout, too. Of the eight Democrats who Obama lost on the vote, five are up for reelection in 2010, and these kind of poll numbers were presumably more persuasive than The One himself. ...
GALLUP: Americans Want Details Before Release of More TARP Funds. “A majority of Americans (62%) s…
Instapundit —
... GALLUP: Americans Want Details Before Release of More TARP Funds. “A majority of Americans (62%) say Congress should block President-elect Obama’s request to release the remaining $350 billion in Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) funds until more details are provided about how the funds will be spent. The rest of Americans are split between saying the funds should be released immediately and saying they should not be released at all.” ...
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From NBC's Ken Strickland and Carrie Dann Several Republicans and Democrats publicly warned this week that they would not support releasing an additional $350-billion in TARP money unless they had a clear idea of how that money would be ...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama hasn't been sworn in to his new job yet, but on Thursday he faces his first big political test when the Senate decides whether to block his request for the remaining $350 billion of financial ...
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