nytimes.com - 2/12/2009
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House members want the eight big banks to explain what they are doing with the taxpayers’ money. >
norris.blogs.nytimes.com - 2/10/2009
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A look at what Secretary Geithner is telling
Congress and the public today.
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Bailout, v. 2.0
thenation.com - 2/11/2009
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thenation.com —
John Nichols Progressive Democrats and President Obama back
restoring some of the stimulus funding that was recklessly
cut by the Senate. No More Mr. Nice Guy Confirm Solis Now Obama's Sense of Urgency
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Today in The Nation: Strengthening the Stimulus
swamppolitics.com - 2/11/2009
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swamppolitics.com —
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 ...
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Bankers say they 'get it' on bailout
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The Caucus —
... And both Leon E. Panetta, who is up for director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and Labor Secretary nominee, Hilda L. Solis, cleared committee votes yesterday. On the Hill If the talk around the Capitol yesterday wasn’t about the stimulus package, then it was likely about the administration’s bank bailout plan. A group of bank chief executives testified before Congress on Wednesday as did Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner who, for the second day in a row, ...
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