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Next! Six More Banks Get TARP Funds

BailoutSleuth | Chris Carey on February 2, 2009 8:15 PM | Posted 03.05.2009 | Business

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Six more banks -- four of them in California -- have announced their approval for the Treasury Department's $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program...

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Stocks surge higher; credit worries persist

AP | JOE BEL BRUNO and TIM PARADIS | Posted 10.31.2008 | Business

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NEW YORK — Wall Street snapped back Tuesday after its biggest sell-off in years amid growing expectations that lawmakers will salvage a $700 bil...

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Bailout Fails In The House

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — In a vote that shook the government, Wall Street and markets around the world, the House on Monday defeated a $700 billion emergenc...

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Jed Lewison

Krugman Offers Lukewarm Support For Plan, Rips "Frightening" McCain

HuffingtonPost.com | Jed Lewison | Posted 10.29.2008 | Politics

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Update (11:42PM): Krugman offers lukewarm support for the plan in his new column, but warns that the plan isn't going to fix all our financial problem...

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Did John McCain Help Main Street in the Bailout Bill? hmm, Not So Much

Hilary Rosen | Posted 10.29.2008 | Politics

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Hilary Rosen

Democratic negotiators were being held hostage by the House Republicans led by John McCain, so their options were limited in how much they could get done.

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Bailout Bill: Full Text Of Plan

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.29.2008 | Business

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Read below for the full text of the compromise bailout legislation agreed to on Sunday afternoon. Click on "full screen" to see a larger version. For...

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House rejects $700B bailout in stunning defeat

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 10.28.2008 | Business

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WASHINGTON — In a vote that shook the government, Wall Street and markets around the world, the House on Monday defeated a $700 billion emergenc...

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New York Times: "A Day Of Political Theatre" As Congress Reaches General Bailout Deal

NY Times | DAVID M. HERSZENHORN | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics

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House and Senate negotiators from both parties said Thursday that they had reached general agreement to move forward with the administration's propose...

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Bailout deal breaks down; Paulson back to Capitol

AP | JENNIFER LOVEN and JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — A Republican rebellion stalled government efforts Thursday to avoid economic meltdown, a chaotic turnaround that disrupted the chor...

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Sackcloth and Ashes on Wall Street

Jim Wallis | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics

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Jim Wallis

The proposed bailout of Wall Street gives unprecedented power to one man -- Henry Paulson -- including any action deemed necessary, with no review, and a report to Congress only every six months.

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Sam Stein

Dems Push Back On White House, Paulson

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics

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It appears that Democratic Party leaders are prepared to call the Bush administration's bluff when it comes to the extent and purpose of the proposed ...

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Bailout Package: Congress Promises Quick Action

AP | TOM RAUM and JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 10.20.2008 | Business

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WASHINGTON — Struggling to stave off financial catastrophe, the Bush administration on Friday laid out a radical bailout plan with a jawdropping...

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