washingtonmonthly.com - 1/14/2009
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GEITHNER DRAWS SCRUTINY.... This seems to be causing some headaches on the Hill this afternoon. Sen. Charles E. Grassley, ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, is raising questions about a housekeeper who worked briefly for Treasury Secretary-nominee Timothy Geithner...
nytimes.com - 1/15/2009
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nytimes.com —
The tax transgressions by Timothy F. Geithner, the
nominee for Treasury secretary, paint a picture of noncompliance...
that is more disturbing than his supporters acknowledge. >
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Editorial: More Questions for Mr. Geithner
firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 1/21/2009
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firstread.msnbc.msn.com —
From NBC's Ken Strickland Treasury Secretary nominee Tim
Geithner , the president and chief executive officer of...
the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, filed his own taxes using Turbo Tax during the period he neglected to pay thousands of dollars ...
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Geithner filed own taxes
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1/14: Is Tim In Trouble?
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... 's Allahpundit : "Frankly, I like the idea of a tax cheat as Treasury Secretary in this environment; it makes the thought of him spending trillions of taxpayer dollars on new stimulus bills and bailouts that much sweeter." GEITHNER II: You Call This Vetting? Several conservative bloggers are portraying the revelation about Geithner as further evidence that the Obama transition team did a poor job of vetting Obama's nominees: Liberal blogger Steve Benen is downplaying the incident: "This seems...like small potatoes, especially given the seriousness of Geithner's ...
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Obama team defends pick for treasury secretary —
CNN.com - Politics 1/14/2009
President-elect Barack Obama's transition team is defending Treasury Secretary-designate Tim Geithner amid reports he failed to pay the correct amount of taxes for a period of time and employed a housekeeper whose work authorization had expired.
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Senate panel delays Geithner hearing to Jan. 21 —
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Finance Committee said on Wednesday it would hold a confirmation hearing for U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on January 21 after a panel member objected to a previously planned hearing on Friday.
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Geithner hearing moved after inauguration —
First Read 1/14/2009
From NBC's Ken StricklandThe confirmation hearing for Tim Geithner has been scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 21st before the Senate Finance Committee.
The committee chairman had hoped to hold the hearing this Friday, but because of at least one committee ...
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