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Jarred by a cool White House reception and other fears, Senate leaders are likely to delay legislation to punitively tax bonuses at banks and investment firms that get federal aid.
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Senate Will Delay Action on Punitive Tax on Bonuses
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House Passes Tax on AIG Bonuses
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On the Radar: Tuesday, March 24th
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Hi folks, Ron is back and better than ever today, and here's a bit of what he'll be talking about today on Doing Time:
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner scores higher on his most recent bailout strategy than on the one he rolled out last month. I think we call that a "do-over". He'll be on Capitol Hill today in a hearing about a lil' company you may have heard of called AIG.
The Senate is delaying taking action on the bill that passed the House last week to tax AIG bonuses, as everyone's still split on how to get that money ...
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