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Frank defends banking measure

'Last meal' not rescue

Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009

House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank is refuting accusations that a bill he helped author would lead to a rash of taxpayer-funded Wall Street bailouts.

Both sides scrutinize bailout-deterrent bill

Does the administration get too much power?

Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009

Lawmakers from both parties are concerned that an Obama administration-backed bill intended to deter future taxpayer-funded Wall Street bailouts would have the opposite effect and give the White House too much power over the nation's financial sector.

Inside Politics

Friday, Oct. 30, 2009

"Chairman Edolphus Towns [New York Democrat] of the House Committee for Oversight and Government Reform [last week] announced a major investigation 'into whether mortgage companies employed deceptive and predatory lending practices, or improper tactics to thwart regulation, and the impact of those activities on the current crisis,' " writes the Nation Editor Katrina vanden Heuvel on the Web site of the liberal magazine.

Geithner says plan won't lead to more bailouts

Friday, Oct. 30, 2009

Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner says that bankruptcy - not taxpayer-funded bailouts - will be the federal government's primary response to failing Wall Street firms in the future.

Geithner: Plan won't lead to more bailouts

Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009

Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner says that bankruptcy -- not taxpayer-funded bailouts -- will be the federal government's primary response to failing Wall Street firms in the future.

Inside Politics

Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009

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Pay czar hopes Wall Street takes cuts 'to heart'

Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009

The Obama administration's "pay czar" told a congressional panel Wednesday that his authority shouldn't be expanded beyond the seven biggest corporate recipients of government aid and that the government should get out of the business of regulating Wall Street salaries in the long run.

Pay czar says 'no' to more authority

Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009

The Obama administration's "pay czar" told a congressional panel Wednesday that his authority shouldn't be expanded beyond the seven biggest corporate recipients of government bailout aid and that the government should get out of the business of regulating Wall Street salaries in the long run.

Inside Politics

Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009

The conservative Americans for Tax Reform has announced a series of ads aimed at encouraging Sen. Ben Nelson, a moderate Nebraska Democrat, to oppose the Senate health care bill on the grounds that it violates his "taxpayer protection pledge."