money.cnn.com - 1/27/2009
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Senate lawmakers voted Monday to confirm Tim Geithner as the next Treasury secretary amid ongoing uncertainty about the nation's economic future. Geithner, who will spearhead President Obama's response to the financial crisis that threatens to unravel economic growth ...
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
online.wsj.com - 1/21/2009
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online.wsj.com —
Timothy Geithner will call for an aggressive approach
to tackling the financial crisis when he appears Wednesday...
at hearings on his confirmation as Treasury secretary.
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Tax Issue Won't Derail Geithner
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Geithner Confirmed, Sworn In As Treasury Head
The Moderate Voice —
... The Senate voted today to confirm Timothy Geithner as Treasury Secretary by a margin of 60 to 34. While this was a clear margin of victory the 34 no votes were rather high for a Cabinet nominee. While most of the yes votes came from Democrats and most of the no votes from Republicans there were some notable crossovers. ...
Geithner Watch: YES WE CAN…Skip Our Taxes and Become Treasury Secretary
PoliGazette —
Timothy Geithner, tax evader, confirmed as Treasury Secretary. 60-34.
I distinctly seem to remember the Republicans having far better dissension skills about three months ago. The Democrats were in power then, too.
The Dems got this vote without 4 of their own, and 10 Republicans.
Political translation: November scared the **** out of some of Republicans…Or did it? I looked, and 8/10 of them are safe until at least 2012. Among the other two, Ohio Senator George Voinovich will be retiring in 2010. I thought I could gather some pattern, ...
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Geithner sworn in as Treasury Secretary —
CNN Political Ticker 1/27/2009
The Senate voted Monday to confirm Timothy Geithner.
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Vice President Joe Biden swore in Timothy Geithner as the nation's next Treasury Secretary as President Obama looked on Monday evening.
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