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Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000

How Congress Rushed a Bill that Helped Bring the Economy to Its Knees

Paul Blumenthal | Posted 05.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sunlight Foundation, Bailout, Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000, Economy, Economic Crisis, Read the Bill, Phil Gramm, Larry Summers, Alan Greenspan, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Brooksley Born, Transparency, Politics News
Paul Blumenthal

If ever there was a case where Congress should have given more time and listened closer, this was it. Now, we're all paying for it.

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Paint McCain a Red-Baiter

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Free Markets, Joe Mccarthy, John McCain, Hewlett-Packard, Communist, Commie, Credit Default Swaps, Barack Obama, Ubs, Aig, Red States, Golden Parachute, Wall Street, Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000, Ceo, Deregulation, Phil Gramm, Glass-Steagall Act, Joe Mccain, Class Warfare, Carly Fiorina, Red-Baiting, Politics News
Leo W. Gerard

The "small government" Bush and Republican Congress increased spending, thus replacing the budget surplus bequeathed them with deficits.

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