Are we really going to go through this again? Immediately after the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development finished putting the final touches on a controversial plan to allow first-time homebuyers to use an $8,000 tax credit as a downpayment on a new home, some in the Senate More…
There’s a new argument coursing through Washington in the last 48 hours, which lays the blame for the AIG bonus scandal at the feet of Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) for altering his recently-enacted executive pay proposal to exclude AIG.
The blame is misplaced. Here’s why.
On day four of AIG bonus-gate, the message from Capitol Hill has emerged as clear as it is unanimous: The $165 million paid this week to executives of bailed-out American International Group is “appalling,” “outrageous” and “a breach of public trust.”
Yet as pitchfork populism continues More…
Congressional leaders from all walks are joining President Obama in berating AIG for doling out millions in bonuses after accepting $170 billion in federal help.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) took to the chamber floor today to decry the news as a “breach of public trust,” while Senate More…
Responding to the creeping notion that the government might be forced to swoop in and nationalize some of the country’s flailing banks, Washington’s financial regulators chimed in late Monday to proclaim their confidence in Wall Street’s financial titans to manage the current storm themselves. In a statement, the regulators More…
After a day of haggling, a provision to limit bonuses to top executives of bailed-out banks was tucked into the stimulus last night. But for bankers who might be sweating this morning, don’t fret — there are plenty of loopholes. The yacht is safe.
The finance industry might be floundering, it might be broke, and it might be ringing the tin cup for federal help. But don’t say Wall Street has lost its sway over lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
Congress agreed on a final stimulus plan yesterday, but not before stripping out a provision More…
At 2:30 p.m. today, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is scheduled to appear before a Senate panel to testify about the Obama administration’s strategy for spending the second $350 billion of Wall Street bailout funding. This is important because the Bush administration, it’s widely agreed, frittered its share by providing More…
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