‘This bill offends my principles, but I’m going to vote for this bill…in order to preserve this free enterprise system’
Legislative Lowdown: The joke's on you
Opinion |
A round-up of some of this week’s biggest developments on Capitol Hill.
Newt's victory is the tea party's loss
Opinion |
Gingrich is a great speaker, but he stands for everything the tea party opposes.
Wall Street firms earned more under Obama than 8 years of Bush - Washington Post
Business |
TARP, Bailouts drove financial sector’s recovery ahead of the rest of the economy
Taxpayers lose $1.3 billion as U.S. government sells stake in company - CNN
Business |
Treasury calls intervention ‘major accompishment’
Banks using new government loans to pay back TARP - Boston Globe
Business |
Hundreds of small banks still in debt from TARP are filing for new Small Business Lending Fund
Hollywood Political Watch - TheDC
Entertainment |
George Clooney is the $700 billion TARP man, Bieber gets ditched by Israeli PM, and Yoko Ono apparently doesn’t like greed
Hatch: I may have made a mistake in voting for TARP - TheDC
Politics |
Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch is asked about his conservative principles while participating in CPAC panel discussion
MSNBC's Ratigan laments taxpayer cost of 'Clinton blow job investigation' - TheDC
Politics |
MSNBC host uses slang to explain more was spent on seemingly less relevant investigations than the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission investigation
Limbaugh on spending cut question: 'We got to pass the bill first to find out what's in it' - TheDC
Politics |
Talker says Speaker John Boehner should answer questions about spending cuts with an old line from his predecessor
The administration's abysmal defense of the debt ceiling - TheDC
Opinion |
The Obama administration has constructed a political narrative that dispenses with facts and undermines confidence in the US economy.
Judd Gregg: TARP 'most significant' accomplishment of the decade - TheDC
Politics |
Retiring Republican Sen. Judd Gregg hails TARP for staving off “a cataclysmic event”
Walking a fine line - TheDC
Politics |
House GOP treads cautiously with Tea Party in effort to keep Bachmann and her ‘antics’ out of leadership
Cost to bailout Fannie, Freddie could double - WSJ
Business |
If the economy enters a double-dip recession the companies could cost taxpayers an additional $124bn on top of the $135bn already spent
Sen. Thune defends TARP vote - The Hill
Politics |
The program deviated from its original intention but Thune said that it was the right vote to make at the time
Happy birthday, bank bailout!
Opinion |
Sunday marks the two-year anniversary of TARP. Looking back, it’s clear that TARP didn’t live up to expectations.
TARP cost could be much less than initially expected - NYT
Business |
It could end up losing much less than the initial figure of 700 billion
TARP claims by House Dems not adding up - TheDC
Politics |
5 Democratic representatives run ads touting votes against TARP, despite not being in office at the time
Revolutions are revealing
Opinion |
The fundamental principle of conservatism is freedom. Hard-working, law abiding, compassionate Americans whose motivation revolves around this principle are not to be feared but to be embraced
Auto dealer termination cut more jobs than necessary - FOX News
Business |
Treasury decisions may have affected closing of small businesses and unemployment
