Quite a loophole
washingtonmonthly.com 12/15/2008 — QUITE A LOOPHOLE.... When lawmakers considered the $700 billion bailout package a few months ago, they argued with the Bush White House over restrictions on executive compensation. Democrats insisted that firms accepting bailout funds could not, in ...

Text - President Obama’s Remarks on Executive Pay
nytimes.com 2/4/2009 — Following are remarks of President Obama on executive compensation with Secretary of Treasury Timothy F. Geithner, as provided by the White House. Thank you, Tim, for your hard work on this issue and on our economic recovery. The economic crisis we ...

The Associated Press: Obama administration to issue executive pay limits
google.com 2/4/2009 — 12 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) The Obama administration plans to mandate new executive pay limits on Wednesday for government-assisted financial institutions in a new get-tough approach to bankers and Wall Street. "If the taxpayers are helping you, ...

Obama To Go After Executive Pay
boomantribune.com 3/22/2009 — I'm just guessing, but I think this story is going to get a lot more favorable treatment in Left Blogistan than the toxic assets plan received yesterday. The Obama administration will call for increased oversight of executive pay at all banks, Wall ...

The Cost of Executive Pay Caps
corner.nationalreview.com 2/12/2009 — About $11 billion in lost federal revenues over ten years, according to the Congressional Budget Office (see p. 6). The caps reduce taxable income, after all, in part by encouraging companies to move toward less-taxed forms of compensation.

Quote of the Day on Executive Pay
angrybear.blogspot.com 2/8/2009 — Well written.

President Barack “Loophole” Obama
skepticians.com 2/3/2009 — Wasting no time, President Obama began quickly overturned standing Bush executive orders in an effort to end nearly a decade of, what President Obama called on the campaign trail, “Bush cronyism.” Among his first moves were orders to freeze senior ...

Obama To Cap Executive Pay At $500,000, NY Times Reports
huffingtonpost.com 2/5/2009 — As was reported today , Barack Obama is expected to announce Wednesday a series of new pay limits, including those for executive pay, for companies receiving significant amounts of bailout money. Obama is scheduled to make the announcement alongside ...

Congress Gets Punitive on Executive Pay
online.wsj.com 2/17/2009 — We want compensation tied to performance.

Obama to Limit Executive Pay at Companies Getting Aid (Update1)
bloomberg.com 2/4/2009 — Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama will announce today that he’s imposing a cap of $500,000 on the compensation of top executives at companies that receive significant federal assistance in the future, responding to a public outcry over ...

Obama’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board — WSJ.com: Washington Wire 2/6/2009
President Barack Obama is bringing in a team of outside advisers to help steer the economy out of a tailspin. Here’s the White House’s statement: President Barack Obama today signed an executive order establishing the new Economic ...

Obama’s Remarks on New Economic Panel — WSJ.com: Washington Wire 2/6/2009
Led by former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker , the new economic advisory group will meet regularly and give President Barack Obama advice on reviving the dormant U.S. economy and independent ideas aimed at avoiding the Washington ...

Obama Names Economic Panel — NYT > Politics 2/6/2009
The outside economic advisers, led by former Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker, will offer independent advice. >

Senate Dems step up stimulus efforts (Politico) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 2/6/2009
Politico - With more bad news of payroll cuts, Senate Democrats Friday stepped up their efforts to win passage this weekend of a massive economic recovery bill sought by an ever more impatient President Barack Obama. 

Obama to visit Indiana, Florida to push stimulus (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 2/6/2009
AP - President Barack Obama plans to participate in town hall-style meetings next week in two cities that have struggled amid the crumbling economy.