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RT @buzzflash House Dem Defazio: 'Growing' liberal consensus to dump Geithner http://bit.ly/3EIljF 11/20/2009 |
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Geithner & Summers can't help what they are: 100% anti-human Wall Street lackeys. Obama's got to get rid of 'em http://tinyurl.com/yee29jh 11/19/2009 |
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RT @buzzflash: House Dem: 'Growing' liberal consensus to dump Geithner http://bit.ly/3EIljF #p2 11/19/2009 |
House Dem: 'Growing' liberal consensus to dump Geithner
The Political Carnival —
... Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) says that a whole lotta libs are not thrilled with Tim: A Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) member said there's "growing consensus" among liberals that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner should step down. [...] DeFazio said that lawmakers have not yet drafted a plan to remove Geithner. The lawmaker also took aim at top Obama economic adviser Larry Summers for furthering many of the same policies favored by Geithner."We need a new economic team," said DeFazio. ...
House Dem: 'Growing' liberal consensus to dump Geithner
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... focused on maintaining the stability of Wall Street firms and largely ignore "Main Street." "A growing consensus in the caucus ," DeFazio said on MSNBC this evening, adding that some lawmakers are "considering questions regarding him and other economic advisers." DeFazio said that lawmakers have not yet drafted a plan to remove Geithner. The lawmaker also took aim at top Obama economic adviser Larry Summers for furthering many of the same policies favored by Geithner. ... Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/68459-... about damn time
'Growing consensus' among House Progressives to dump Geithner
Open Left - Quick Hits's RSS Feed —
House Progressives have started to make the first rumblings about dumping Tim Geithner. So says Representative DeFazio:
A member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) said Wednesday that there is a "growing consensus" among the liberal bloc to force Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to step down.
Unfortunately, they don't seem to have a plan to make it happen:
DeFazio said that lawmakers have not yet drafted a plan to remove Geithner. The lawmaker also took aim at top Obama economic adviser Larry Summers for furthering many ...
A Dump Geithner Movement Growing
MyDD —
... The Hill reports that there is a "growing consensus" among the Congressional Progressive Caucus that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner should step aside. ...
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The Hill's Jordan Fabian: “House Dem: 'Growing' liberal consensus to dump Geithner" LINK
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Politics Daily —
... * Pink Slip for Geithner? The Hill reports this morning that House liberals want to fire two government employees in an effort to lower the unemployment rate, namely Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, who they say care more about Wall Street than Main Street. Rep. Peter DeFazio told MSNBC, "We may have to sacrifice just two more jobs to get millions back for Americans." ...
Giving Geithner the Boot?
Suburban Guerrilla —
I dunno. Even if we got him canned, do you think they’d hire anyone much different to replace him?
A Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) member said there’s “growing consensus” among liberals that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner should step down.
Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) said Wednesday that he and other liberal House members are becoming increasingly tired of Obama administration economic policies that they say are too focused on maintaining the stability of Wall Street firms and largely ignore “Main ...
Sec. Geithner defends his job, blames economic woes on Bush administration
Home/News —
... "A growing consensus in the caucus [believe that Geithner should be
removed]," Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) said on MSNBC on Wednesday, a statement Brady cited during Thursday's hearing. ...
Darcy Burner discusses what's behind DeFazio's remarks that Geithner & Summers should go
Open Left - Front Page —
... on Representative DeFazio's statement that there was "growing consensus" among Congressional liberals that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner should step down. He went on to say that Summers should go as well. Folks in the blogosphere have been saying as much for a long time now, but this seemed like something new, coming from a veteran Representative. The piece Chris linked to ended with DeFazio saying, ""We may have to sacrifice just two more jobs to get millions back for Americans," underscoring that it was not just a general criticism of ...
Arianna Huffington: Will The Unemployment Disaster Be Obama's Katrina?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... For starters, there is increasing agreement that Obama's economic team is not up to the job of dealing with the unemployment crisis. According to Rep. Peter DeFazio, there is a "growing consensus" in the Congressional Progressive Caucus that Geithner should resign -- and that Summers needs to go, too. "We need a new economic team," DeFazio said on MSNBC. "We may have to sacrifice just two more jobs to get millions back for Americans." ...
