article.nationalreview.com - 1/13/2009
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With markets thawed, theres no need to give Obama a blank check.
weeklystandard.com - 1/17/2009
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weeklystandard.com —
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
gallup.com - 1/15/2009
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gallup.com —
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 ...
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Americans Want Details Before Release of More TARP ...
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/17/2009
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tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com —
Remember how, back when Congress was negotiating with
the Bush administration over the terms of the bailout,...
one of the major sticking points was Rep. Barney Frank's insistence that taxpayers receive equity in the companies we were saving, so that we ...
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TARP: What Did We Get For Our Money?
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Shoring Up Your Intellectual Defenses
The Corner on National Review Online —
... ] A likely feature of the political debate of the next few years will look something like this. Conservatives will make a specific argument about a specific public-policy dispute say, NR's editorial today questioning the need and wisdom of appropriating the second half of the TARP funds and liberals will then respond not with a meaningful rebuttal of the specific argument but instead with a general attack on conservative credibility. "Your free-market ideology led to the worst recession since the Great Depression," they will assert. "Why should we believe anything you ...
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Bankers say they 'get it' on bailout
swamppolitics.com 2/11/2009 — by Frank James
Vikram Pandit, Citigroup's chief executive officer, is really, really sorry his company was going to buy that French-made private jet and it won't happen again.
Pandit told lawmakers at a House hearing today:
Mr. Chairman, the world is changing very fast and we need to ...
Morning Briefing for January 19, 2009
redstate.com 1/19/2009 —
MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 2009
A lot of news happened over the last three days. We’re going to get to it all. Fair warning, this is a big morning briefing, but it’s got everything you need to get going this Monday morning, the day ...
TARP Watchdog: Treasury Overpaid For TARP Investments
money.cnn.com 2/5/2009 — WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The three government watchdogs overseeing the $700 billion financial rescue package continued to criticize the Treasury Department's implementation of the plan, suggesting a lack of a strategic vision and raising the concern ...
Obama to meet Senate Democrats to discuss TARP —
Reuters: Politics 1/13/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama plans to meet on Tuesday with Senate Democrats to seek their backing for his request for the remaining $350 billion from the financial industry bailout, a Democratic congressional aide said on ...
Obama on Capitol Hill today —
CNN Political Ticker 1/13/2009
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Two Democratic sources tell CNN that President-elect Obama will be on Capitol Hill today to meet with Senate Democrats at their weekly policy luncheon — to make his case for how he wants to spend the second half of the $700 ...
Agenda: The TARP campaign —
First Read 1/13/2009
Obama “yesterday launched an aggressive campaign to persuade a deeply skeptical Congress to permit him to spend another $350 billion to stabilize the still-fragile U.S. financial system, as the Bush White House formally notified lawmakers of ...
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