boomantribune.com - 12/15/2008
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Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) will wake up to a nasty surprise in the form of a four-page New York Times examination of his record vis-a-vis Wall Street regulations and the Street's generous donations to Schumer and the Schumer-run DSCC. It's a hit-piece, no doubt, but it exposes Schumer's ...
huffingtonpost.com - 12/15/2008
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Bernard Madoff built a major investment shop largely
on smoke and mirrors -- convincing investors that his...
fund was a safe and consistent return when it was mostly a house of cards. And yet the relationship between Bernard L. Madoff Investment ...
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Senate Democrats May Return Thousands In Madoff ...
hosted.ap.org - 12/21/2008
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Former Attorney General Marc
Dann ran a vulgar and unprofessional office and misused...
campaign funds to make lavish payments to friends and family, the state's government watchdog said Monday in releasing the results of a ...
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Progressive Breakfast: Do I Hear $1 Trillion?
LiberalOasis : The Blog —
... reluctant to embrace a progressive vision on issues like climate change, and committed to a financial plan focused on spending reductions and balanced budgets -- precisely when the federal government needs to be doing the opposite. That Bayh wants a similar group working in the Senate is discouraging, to put it mildly." Open Left's Matt Stoller: "power is concentrated in the hands of conservative Democrats and a few Republicans, and that's how these guys wanted it."
Booman Tribune keying off Sunday's NYT expose of Sen. Chuck Schumer cozy dealings with Wall ...
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