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Shahien Nasiripour

Smaller Banks May Be Forced To Subsidize "Too Big To Fail"; Leading House Dem Wants To Change That

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 11.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Insurance Fund Too Big to Fail, Tbtf, Bank Failures, Too Big to Fail, Brad Sherman Bank Amendment, Brad Sherman, Financial Crisis, Business News

-This story has been updated- A leading House Democrat plans to introduce Thursday a provision that would require those banks deemed "too big to fai...

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Senate and House Doves Attend Israeli Settler Pep Rally On Capitol Hill

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 11.05.2009 | World

Read More: Israel, Goldstone Amendment, Brad Sherman, J Street, Loretta Sanchez, Michael Oren, Jerusalem, World News
MJ Rosenberg

On the very day the House was voting on the anti-Goldstone resolution, a far-right Israel group was meeting on the Hill to discuss a far-right, pro-settler agenda.

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"TARP on Steroids"

David Sirota | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tarp, Brad Sherman, Timothy Geithner, Treasury Department, Troubled Asset Relief Program, Politics News
David Sirota

The Obama administration, far from backing off or restricting TARP, is quietly moving forward a plan to create an even bigger, more permanent TARP.

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Brad Sherman: Finance Safeguards An Executive Power Grab, "TARP On Steroids"

Washington Independent | Mike Lillis | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tarp, Brad Sherman Finance Safeguards, Brad Sherman, Wall Street Bailout, Finance Reform Legislation, Financial Services Regulation, Financial Services Committee, Brad Sherman Wall Street Bail Out, Brad Sherman Tarp on Steroids, Tarp on Steroids, Politics News

In the wake of the recent financial meltdown, it sounds like a reasonable idea: A proposal granting the White House broad new authority to take over w...

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Sam Stein and Arthur Delaney

TARP Repayments Becoming Troubled Asset For Obama Administration

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein and Arthur Delaney | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tarp, Brad Sherman, Tarp Recycling, David Vitter, Troubled Asset Relief Program, Politics News

News that banks participating in the Troubled Asset Relief Program would be allowed to repay $68 billion in government funds has sparked a debate amon...

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Putting a Stop to Pay-Per-View and Pay-to-Kill Hunting

Michael Markarian | Posted 07.05.2009 | Green

Read More: u.s. Sportsmen's Alliance, Safari Club, National Rifle Association, Steve Cohen, Hunting, Internet Hunting, Ed Whitfield, Canned Hunting, Brad Sherman, Animals, Wildlife, Green News
Michael Markarian

The Sportsmanship in Hunting Act would ban the remote shooting of live animals over the Internet and the trophy shooting of exotic mammals held captive inside fenced enclosures.

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Arthur Delaney

Holder: Justice Department Will Look Into TARP Recycling

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 06.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tarp, Brad Sherman, Troubled Assets Relief Program, Tarp Recycling, Capital Purchase Program, Eric Holder, Politics News

Toward the end of a long House Judiciary Committee hearing with Attorney General Eric Holder, Rep. Brad Sherman said he'd heard enough about torture a...

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Arthur Delaney

Brad Sherman Hammers Treasury: "It's Not Illegal If Wall Street Wants It"

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tarp, Brad Sherman, Bailout, Troubled Asset Relief Program, Politics News

In remarks on the House floor Tuesday, Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) railed against the Treasury Department's plans to recycle bailout dollars paid bac...

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Arthur Delaney

Timothy Geithner's Bailout Dollar Recycling May Be Illegal

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 06.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tarp, Brad Sherman, Bailout, Cpp, Tim Geithner, Politics News

In his testimony before the Congressional Oversight Panel on April 21, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said that the government's bank bailout program...

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Jason Linkins

CNBC's Haines Fights Dem Rep. Sherman On AIG Bonuses (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cnbc, Video, Brad Sherman, Banking Crisis, Steven Pearlstein, Mark Haines, Washington Post, Bonus Outrage, Politics News

Owning these CNBC hacks: it's not just for cable TV comedians anymore! Via the folks at TPM, here's video of CNBC's Mark Haines, who just cannot imag...

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Ryan Grim

Dem Rep Wants Limbaugh Debate: "You Are A Coward"

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sherman Limbaugh, Brad Sherman, Rush Limbaugh, Limbaugh Debate, Politics News

Rep. Brad Sherman, a Democrat from California, has been a leading critic of his party leadership's response to the banking crisis. Over the past month...

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You Morons, What Have You Done With Our Money?

Gail Vida Hamburg | Posted 01.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Henry Paulson, Elizabeth Warren, Government Bailout, Bailout, Barney Frank, Economic Crisis, Associated Press, Taxpayers Dollars, $700 Billion Bailout, Cpa, Henry Paulson Plan, Neel Kashkari, Bailout Money, Bank Bailouts, Rita Beamish, Congressional Bailout, Frank Bass, Brad Sherman, Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Corporate Bailout, Bailout Oversight Panel, Executive Bailout, Corporate Bonuses, Business News
Gail Vida Hamburg

Was it too much to ask Congress to examine this government intervention in the free market critically before authorizing the transfer of US taxpayer dollars to benefit the banking sector?

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Martial Law?

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 11.06.2008 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Economic Crisis, Federal Bailout, Wall Street Crash, Blackwater, Economy, Ellen Degeneres, Paul Andrew Mitchell, Lehman Brothers, Federal Reserve, Brad Sherman, Martial Law, Police State, Business News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

This bailout is nothing more than the biggest bait and switch swindle that has ever been perpetrated on the American taxpayer.

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Clinton-Backing Congressman: "Her Minister Will Not Appear In McCain Commercials"

Los Angeles Times | Posted 04.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Clinton Superdelegates Wright, Brad Sherman, Brad Sherman Hillary Clinton, Jeremiah Wright, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton Brad Sherman, Politics News

The Los Angeles Times examines how lawmakers who are up for reelection are factoring their presidential endorsements into their own campaign strategy:...

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