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Sam Stein

Geithner Won't Endorse Bonus Tax Bill, Says Right Balance Will Be Found

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.23.2009 | Politics

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Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner refused to endorse a congressional effort to heavily tax bonuses issued by TARP recipients, saying that the govern...

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Sam Stein

VP Economic Adviser: Bonus Tax 'May Be Dangerous'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.22.2009 | Politics

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Jared Bernstein, chief economic adviser to the vice president, offered on Sunday the strongest White House pushback yet to the bonus tax bill passed b...

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Wall Street CEOs Push Back On Bonus Tax: "Terribly Unfair"

Wall Street Journal | JOE BEL BRUNO and MATTHIAS RIEKER | Posted 04.20.2009 | Business

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The chief executives of the nation's three largest banks on Friday pushed back against legislation that would heavily tax Wall Street bonuses. Citigr...

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Billions In Merrill Lynch Bonuses Would Elude Tax

NY Times | LOUISE STORY | Posted 04.20.2009 | Business

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Merrill Lynch's $3.6 billion bonus pool has been among the most controversial payouts on Wall Street. But most of those bonuses, which included some 7...

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Proposed Bonus Tax May Imperil Bailout

Washington Post | Shailagh Murray, Paul Kane and David Cho | Posted 04.19.2009 | Home

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Congress moved yesterday to levy punitive taxes on bonuses paid by financial firms receiving government aid, threatening to undermine federal efforts ...

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Sam Stein

Congressman Claims 'Sphincters Are Tightening' As AIG Debate Turns Anatomical

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics

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The debate over what the White House and Congress should do about AIG's bonuses has turned...anatomical. Appearing on the floor of the House of Repr...

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Ryan Grim

House Passes Bill Taxing AIG Bonuses, Republicans Switch Votes In Droves

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics

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The House overwhelmingly passed legislation on Thursday to tax bonuses paid out by AIG and other bailed-out firms at a rate of 90 percent. "We want ou...

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A Disturbing D.C. Whodunit [Update II]

Arianna Huffington | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics

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Arianna Huffington

The mystery over who killed a provision in the stimulus package that would have curtailed bonuses at bailed out companies is a disturbing D.C. whodunit. But even more disturbing is what it reveals about how our government is run.

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Sam Stein

Congress, White House Pointing Fingers Over Who Killed Bonus Provision

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics

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The question of who killed a provision that could have reined in lavish bonuses issued by bailout recipients remains a mystery, with key players eithe...

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Sam Stein

Wyden: My Bill Could Have Prevented AIG Mess

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.17.2009 | Politics

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Additional reporting by Arthur Delaney Senator Ron Wyden said on Tuesday that the furor surrounding AIG's bonus payments could have been avoided had...

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