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Bush Bailout

Jason Linkins

Bush Describes Bailout Decisions As 'Difficult' When He Means 'Irresponsible'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.12.2009 | Media

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If this wasn't his last week on the job, maybe it'd be important to point out to the man that his "decisions" on the "financial crisis" were NOT decisions that "prevented" the crisis.

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Bush "Fox News Sunday" Interview: I Refused To "Bail Out" GOP (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 02.11.2009 | Politics

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President Bush told Brit Hume on "FOX News Sunday" that he refused to "bail out my political party" by withdrawing troops "during the darkest days of ...

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Republicans Slam Bush As "Socialist"

Washington Times | Posted 01.30.2009 | Politics

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In what would amount to a slap in the face to a sitting Republican president and the party's Senate and House leaders, national GOP officials, includi...

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Sam Stein

Obama Commends Bush For Auto Bailout

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

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In a statement sent out just now from his communications shop, President-elect Barack Obama announced his agreement with the Bush administration's dec...

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GOP: White House Ruined Bailout Deal

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — When the auto bailout talks collapsed, Sen. Bob Corker won by losing. The freshman Republican from Tennessee represented conservat...

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Dems Give White House Ultimatum On Auto Bailout

blogs.abcnews.com | Posted 01.04.2009 | Home

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Democrats sent a clear message to the White House tonight - make some of the $700 financial industry bailout money available to the domestic auto indu...

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McCain Country Protests Wall Street Bailout

Dave McLane | Posted 11.01.2008 | Home

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Dave McLane

"It's a mess. So they're doing what they did in Iraq: spending billions and billions of dollars. And on what? In Iraq the billions went to war contractors, it went to the oil companies, and things like that."

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Jon Stewart: Bush Bailout Speech Just Like Iraq Speech (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

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Jon Stewart finds an eerie similarity between President Bush's big bailout speech and his Iraq invasion speech five years ago. "Those who do not study...

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Bush On Bailout: "We Have A Big Problem"

Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

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From CNN: President Bush says there is no disagreement on the need for the $700 billion financial bailout plan and he again asked Congress for quick ...

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Bush Pushes To Pass Bailout Package.... Dems Say Not So Fast

Katharine Zaleski | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics

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Bush urged Congress to move fast on the $700 billion bailout package for Wall Street. Democratic lawmakers urged caution, citing warrantless wiretappi...

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Who Decides? The Most Terrifying Part of the Proposed Bailout

Zephyr Teachout | Posted 10.22.2008 | Home

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Zephyr Teachout

Make no mistake, the essence of this plan is a transfer of power from the Congress to the Secretary of the Treasury, who will have power over a budget larger--larger!--than entire amount spent on the Iraq war so far, with no check on his power.

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The Mind-Boggling Trillion Dollar Bailout: A Q&A With Finance Writer Max Wolff

Zack Exley | Posted 10.20.2008 | Business

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Zack Exley

"We just went from Free Fall to Free Lunch. It turns out free markets are the greatest system on earth, but only when they go up. Market discipline is for low-income people and homeowners."

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Critics: Bush's Mortgage Bailout Plan Helps Too Few, Panders To Banks

New York Times | Edmund L. Andrews | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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At least one thing is clear about President Bush's plan to help people trapped by the mortgage meltdown: it is an industry-led plan, not a government ...

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