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Former WH officials finally break after years of stonewalling on GM bailout - TheDC

| Matthew Boyle
Autos Bailout Money

Ex-auto czar, two former Treasury officials agree to talk with special inspector general about Delphi pensions

Congress was unaware of $7.77 trillion in secret Fed loans ahead of TARP vote - TheDC

| Vishal Ganesan
Bernanke -- Federal Reserve

Public cost of bailout much higher than previously thought

Ryan: Obama punted budget, it's 'Debt On Arrival' - TheDC

| Mary Katharine Ham

House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan says Obama punted on budget crisis

Toomey bill aims to take debt limit 'scare tactics off the table' - TheDC

| Jon Ward

GOP Sen. Pat Toomey introduces a bill to undercut President Obama’s argument that the debt limit must be raised

Amendment proposed to prevent government-owned companies - TheDC

| Jonathan Strong

Republican Rep. Mike Turner wants to ban the federal government from owning corporations

Total stimulus reaches nearly $3 trillion - CNN

| Chad Brady (admin)

According to cost estimates prepared by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, over the last three years stimulus programs have cost nearly a trillion dollars a year

Geithner says financial recovery amounts to 'fraction' of estimated cost - ABC

| Chad Brady (admin)

Recently, the CBO estimated that the TARP program will cost far less than the original estimate of $350 billion

Wall Street sees record revenue in recovery from bailout - Bloomberg

| interns

In spite of the bailout, Wall Street’s biggest banks will complete their best two years in investment banking and trading

E-mails could implicate others in Waters trial - NYT

| interns

The e-mails show that Waters’ chief of staff was actively engaged in discussing with committee members details of a bank bailout bill

Federal gov. quiet on G.M. upswing - NYT

| interns

In G.M. turnaround story, Washington played a big part

Wall Street bailout returns 8.2% profit beating Treasury bonds - Bloomberg

| Chad Brady (admin)

The government has earned $25.2 billion on its investment of $309 billion in banks and insurance companies, an 8.2 percent return over two years

Turning America in the right direction

| George Allen

The Republicans who are elected to Congress this November will have a commitment to common sense conservative principles.

Axelrod: We’re talking about the economy. These foreign-money attacks are totally about the economy.

| Mary Katharine Ham

Getting snippy with host Candy Crowley Sunday on “State of the Union,” David Axelrod bristled at the idea that Democrats are talking about foreign money to distract from the state of the economy and the jobs picture

TARP losses now estimated at $51 billion - LAT

| interns

The Treasury Department expects to incur more “substantial losses” from the separate government seizure of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

Sen. Thune defends TARP vote - The Hill

| Paul Conner (admin)

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!

| Mark Calabria

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

| interns

It could end up losing much less than the initial figure of 700 billion

A.I.G. and government agree on exit plan - NYT

| Chad Brady (admin)

A.I.G. owes the Fed about $46 billion and has agreed to repay that amount by the end of March 2011

TARP again?

| Larry Kudlow

Small businesses and banks don’t want any part of Obama’s new program.

TARP claims by House Dems not adding up - TheDC

| Alexis Levinson

5 Democratic representatives run ads touting votes against TARP, despite not being in office at the time