thehill.com - 11/2/2009
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Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) said that she's "not sure" why Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner still has a job on Monday morning. Cantwell ripped into the financial reforms put forth by Geithner and the Obama administration as "appalling" for including alleged loopholes and exemptions for large ...
huffingtonpost.com - 10/28/2009
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And now there are five -- five Wall
Street behemoths, bigger than they were before the Great...
Meltdown, paying fatter salaries and bonuses to retain their so-called"talent," and raking in huge profits. The biggest difference between now and last ...
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Robert Reich: Breaking Up the Big Banks, and Why ...
thehill.com - 10/29/2009
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In my questioning of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner
before the Financial Services Committee on Wednesday, I focused...
on the new bailout authority included in the 618-page legislative proposal submitted by the Treasury Department. In my opinion, ...
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Geithner rejects $1 trillion limit on bailout power
msnbc.msn.com - 11/1/2009
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Maria Cantwell: I'm "Not Sure" Why Geithner Still Has Job (VIDEO)
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... Appearing on MSNBC's Morning Meeting with Dylan Ratigan, Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) said that Geithner's plans left banks the same loopholes and encouraged the same risks that led to last year's economic meltdown. ...
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I think Sen. Maria Cantwell is basically correct . Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner served a useful purpose in calming the financial markets, but he's of no further use to us. He's part of the culture that caused this economic mess and he isn't willing to push hard enough to regulate his buddies. It was important to have someone in place who understood both Wall Street and the Treasury Department at the beginning of this administration when things were at risk of going catastrophically off the rails. Back then the issue was confidence and avoiding panic. That time is over. I ...
Sen. Cantwell: “Not Sure” Why Sec. Geithner Has a Job
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From The Hill:
Sen. Maria Cantwell said that she's "not sure" why Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner still has a job as of Monday morning.
Cantwell (D-Wash.) ripped into the financial reforms put forth by Geithner and the Obama administration as "appalling" for including alleged loopholes and exemptions for large financial institutions in legislation overhauling the regulatory framework for the nation's top firms.
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