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Congressional Hearings

All Health Reform Created Equal, Except Single-Payer

James Floyd, M.D. | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Max Baucus, Congressional Hearings, Single Payer Healthcare, Media, Health Reform, Politics News
James Floyd, M.D.

The incongruity of Baucus's actions over the past year are Orwellian -- he will consider all opinions on health reform, except for single-payer, which, by the way, he deeply respects.

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"Gotcha" Grandstanding: You're A Bunch Of Rude Dudes

Betsy Perry | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congressional Hearings, Ben Bernanke, Tim Geithner, Goldman Sachs, Geithner, Timothy Geithner Treasury Secretary, Bailout, Geithner Plan, Geithner Bailout, Geithner Hearings, Aig, Timothy Geithner, Politics News
Betsy Perry

While I'm all for coming clean and getting the dirt on AIG and Goldman Sachs, the behavior of the committee members is all about listening to themselves talk, grandstanding and "gotcha" moments.

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Stupid Is As Stupid Does - And We All Pay For It

Diane Dimond | Posted 03.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Stewart Parnell, Bad Choices We Pay For, Peanut Company of America, Salmonella Poisioning, Nadya Suleman, 600 Sickened, Congressional Hearings, 9 Deaths Linked to PCA, Octo-Mom, In Vitro Fertilization, Living News
Diane Dimond

One could argue that the actions of both Stewart Parnell and Nadya Suleman were criminal, one crime against consumers, the other against tiny, incubated babies struggling to live.

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Bankers on the Hill

James Warren | Posted 03.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup Inc., Lloyd Blankfein, Wall Street Bailout, Bailout Testimony, CEOs of Bank of America Corp., Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit, Bailout Bandits, Wall Street Crisis, Bailout, Bailout Banker Testimony, Business News, Banking Crisis, Banks, Congressional Hearings, Wall Street Banker Testimony, Politics News
James Warren

Rarely in the rich history of congressional stonings have the victims been so crisply-attired, so contrite, so deferential, and so tolerant of their grandstanding captors.

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Congress Must Hold Hearings With CEOs Who Lay Off Workers

Lee Stranahan | Posted 01.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Layoffs, Congress, Unemployment, Activism, Economy, Employment, Hearings, Jobs, Layoff, Congressional Hearings, Petition, Politcal Action, Politics News
Lee Stranahan

I'm tired of reading about the job layoffs daily while witnessing the lavish spending and bad decisions of incompetent CEOs, so I decided to do something about it and started a petition.

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Richard Fuld's Congressional Hearing To Explore Causes And Effects Of Collapse (VIDEO)

New York Times, Reuters, AP | Posted 11.06.2008 | Business

Read More: Dick Fuld Congressional Hearing, Lehman Brothers, Finance, Economy, Richard Fuld, Banks, Credit Crisis, Banking Crisis, Congressional Hearings, Personal Finance, Dick Fuld, Wall Street, Dick Fuld Testify, Dick Fuld Hearings, Video of Dick Fuld Hearing, Video, Business News

**UPDATE** FULD WONDERS WHY LEHMAN WASN'T BAILED OUT When Lehman CEO Richard Fuld was asked whether there was a substantial difference, from a busin...

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