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tnr.com - 20 days ago

Rahm Taking Direct Interest in Reg Reform

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Earlier today, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner was up at the House Financial Services Committee testifying on the administration's proposal for dealing with threats to the financial system ("Too Big To Fail," etc.). read more

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fdlaction.firedoglake.com - 17 days ago

Lessons Learned in VA and NJ: Is Rahm Emanuel Orchestrating 2010 Democratic Massacre?

— fdlaction.firedoglake.com — You're going down... with me. (photo by floyd brown) 1993: Rahm is the architect of NAFTA 1994: Unions stay home after NAFTA. Democratic turnout poor, Democrats give up 54 seats in House . 2005: Rahm as head of DCCC recruits pro-war Dems , ... (more) Lessons Learned in VA and NJ: Is Rahm Emanuel ...

Congress

Rahm Emanuel

Joe Lieberman

Democratic National Committee

Republican National Committee

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thehill.com - 23 days ago

Geithner rejects $1 trillion limit on bailout power

— thehill.com — In my questioning of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner before the Financial Services Committee on Wednesday, I focused on the new bailout authority included in the 618-page legislative proposal submitted by the Treasury Department. In my opinion, ... (more) Geithner rejects $1 trillion limit on bailout power

White House

Timothy Geithner

TARP

Bailout Plan

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thehill.com - 20 days ago

Cantwell 'not sure' why Geithner has job

— thehill.com — Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) said that she's "not sure" why Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner still has a job on Monday morning. Cantwell ripped into the financial reforms put forth by Geithner and the Obama administration as "appalling" for including ... (more) Cantwell 'not sure' why Geithner has job

White House

Timothy Geithner

Barack Obama

Maria Cantwell

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The American Prospect Articles:  The Battle Over Bailout

Ezra Klein:  Tab dump

Firedoglake:  Why is Timothy Geithner Rejecting Legislative Policy?

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This can't POSSIBLY be good. Get OUT, Rahm. http://tr.im/DY04 19 days ago

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The Battle Over Bailout
The American Prospect Articles — Sitting in his office, Rep. Brad Sherman does not look like an angry man. Leaning back and rubbing his stomach, the Californian calmly explains his concerns about the Treasury Department's plan to regulate the financial industry, currently moving through Congress. Put him at a hearing, though, and he'll subject witnesses to scathing questioning on the subject; at a recent closed-doors meeting between White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and congressional Democrats, he launched into a short tirade. Sherman thinks the administration's proposal -- the Financial Stability ...

Tab dump
Ezra Klein — 1) The brain's response to junk food is similar to its response to heroin. 2) Rahm is getting more involved in financial regulation. 3) A photo essay of the final days of Gourmet magazine. 4) Nothing makes me angrier than deficit hawks trying to repeal or reduce the estate tax. 5) Opening a coffee shop is really hard. Recipe of the day: Most people think of radishes as a salad ingredient, but my dinner tonight is going to be thickly sliced farmer's market radishes with fresh butter on good ...

Why is Timothy Geithner Rejecting Legislative Policy?
Firedoglake — ... This deference to the executive has played itself out throughout the debate over regulatory reform. Rahm Emanuel has been immersing himself in regulatory reform, concerned yet again with getting a “w.” (”The president needs a scalp, a pelt on the wall,” said one source in the above-linked article) Rahm has also been seen ...