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Video: Shep Smith goes nuclear on Barney Frank, Congress over AIG bonuses
Video: Shep Smith goes nuclear on Barney Frank, Congress over AIG bonuses
A fiery palate cleanser from this afternoon’s Studio B. [...] Read the rest »
First, they came for AIG bonuses
First, they came for AIG bonuses
michellemalkin.com — The House is set to vote today on the retroactive, confiscatory 90 percent tax on bailout-funded bonuses.... [...] Read the rest » (more) First, they came for AIG bonuses
Frank on AIG: ‘Maybe it’s time to fire some people.’
Frank on AIG: ‘Maybe it’s time to fire some people.’
thinkprogress.org — Over the weekend, the revelation that bailed-out insurance firm AIG was still doling out hundreds of millions... in “retention bonuses” sparked bipartisan outrage . On NBC’s Today Show this morning, Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) called for ... (more) Frank on AIG: ‘Maybe it’s time to fire some people.’
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Red on Bloody Red: Dodd Admits He Slipped In Bonus-Permitting Language, But Only on Demand of Obama's Treasury Officials
Ace of Spades HQ — ... but now they're going to pose as angry populists outraged about what they themselves did? Yes, that's exactly what they're going to do.

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gaypatriot.net 3/19/2009 — BONUSES FOR Fannie Mae execs? “Fannie Mae is planning to pay retention bonuses of as much as $611,000 each to several top executives of the government-controlled mortgage finance titan. Sibling company Freddie Mac is planning similar awards.”
Shep Smith Fired Up Over AIG Hearings
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Who is Barney Frank?
americanthinker.com 3/7/2009 — The checkered past of a man at the center of our financial crisis.
Shep Smith Tells The Truth
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com 4/23/2009 — Shep Smith sums up in remarkable clarity what I sometimes use too many words to say. Thank God he's there. This is America. And for Americans to be discussing if torture worked - if it worked - is staggering. HuffPo has more .
BARNEY FRANK COMES OUT AGAINST “rewarding incompetence.”…
pajamasmedia.com 3/16/2009 — BARNEY FRANK COMES OUT AGAINST “rewarding incompetence.”
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Why The AIG Bonuses Were Right
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Why the Left Loves Barney Frank
gaypatriot.net 4/8/2009 — The most telling thing about the exchange between Barney Frank and a conservative student (which I blogged about yesterday and which has been making the rounds of the rightosphere ) questioning him in a public forum at Harvard is how quick the ...
Rep. Frank wants to see if AIG bonuses recoverableReuters: Politics 3/15/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Barney Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, said on Sunday the government needs to determine if millions in employee bonuses at troubled firm American International Group Inc can be ...
Barney Frank: Ownership issue key to recouping AIG bonusesCNN Political Ticker 3/18/2009
On Wednesday's 'American Morning,' Rep. Barney Frank, who chairs the House Finance Committee, shared what was legally and legislatively within the government's power on recovering the AIG bonuses. (CNN) – As the tide of ...
Lawmakers defend role amid AIG bonus backlashCNN Political Ticker 3/18/2009
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Frank Wants Fannie, Freddie Bonuses RescindedWSJ.com: Politics And Policy 3/20/2009
Barney Frank called on the regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to cancel bonuses paid to employees at the companies under a retention program.