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40 min ago | National Journal

Congress Faces Obstacles As Bailout's Watchdog

Congress, the unwilling authorizer of this bailout initially, may face some big challenges in overseeing it.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Barney Frank, Democrat, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance

8 hrs ago | Desert Sun

Democrats to blame

Who really caused the current financial crisis? Democrats and liberals blame the free market, deregulation, greed and President Bush.

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Related Topix: US News, Financial Services, Fannie Mae, US Politics

13 hrs ago | Monsters and Critics

ANALYSIS: US elections overshadowed by Wall Street

Talkback News: Additional $35 billion for AIG... Oct 9th, 2008 - 01:46:02 ... And this is announced one day after we find out that AIG executives spent $400,000 of the first $85 billion in tax payer bailout ...

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Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Financial Services, Fannie Mae, US Politics, Barack Obama, US News, US Senate, Democrat

21 hrs ago | The Free Lance-Star

Repeal of Glass-Steagall not to blame for crisis

Gary Olsen's Oct. 1 letter about the Glass-Steagall Act requires a response to set the record straight ["Repeal of Glass-Steagall Act is what fueled the crisis"]. Glass-Steagall is the latest Barack Obama ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, John Edwards

Sat Oct 11, 2008

Washington Examiner

The new villains: Dodd and Frank?

Republicans decided that targeting Christopher Dodd and Frank - not terribly well known outside the Beltway -- might make for good campaign rhetoric.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, John McCain, US House of Representatives, Barney Frank, Democrat, Mortgage, Personal Finance

American Chronicle

McCain Needs to Fight Harder Than This

By David Karki Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin more than held her own against Sen. Joe Biden Thursday night, putting to rest any further doubts about her ability to hang with the big boys.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Joe Biden, John McCain, Barack Obama, Opinion

Free Republic

The Crime of the Century: The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008

It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Nancy Pelosi, US House of Representatives, Democrat, 2008 Presidential Election, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Fri Oct 10, 2008

StartupJournal

Opinion : Dodd and Countrywide

The Senator should take the witness stand. Former Lehman Brothers CEO Dick Fuld was under oath Monday when he was grilled on Capitol Hill about his role in the current financial meltdown.

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Related Topix: Investment Banking, Lehman Brothers Holdings, Investment Services, Financial Services, US News, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat, Christopher Dodd, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Countrywide Financial, Opinion

Point of View

Who caused a oethe biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression?a

Who caused "the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression?" Powerline links to a video that answers this question with admirable clarity.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Christopher Dodd, US Senate, Democrat, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance

The Times and Democrat

Voting Democrat would be mistake

Mr. Salama's remarks of Oct. 2 strategically forget several important points. First, it was a Republican-controlled Congress during Clinton's term that created the mechanism for the surplus.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Opinion

Thu Oct 09, 2008

Asheville Citizen-Times

No one's clean in this mess

Last Sunday evening, Republican House Minority Leader John A. Boehner explained his considered opinion on the $700 billion Wall Street bailout plan: It's a "crap sandwich," he said, but he was going to eat it.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, John McCain, Barack Obama

Free Republic

Why is everyone so afraid to blame Congress?

The fact is this was all started by Congress, the Reinvestment act and the fact that congress promised to change Mark to Market and then DIDN'T We need to kill the capital gaines tax for a year or so, but ...

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Related Topix: US News, Financial Services, Fannie Mae, US Politics

Southeast Missourian

It's time to name names in the financial mess

This is the definition of irony: The Republicans may well lose the upcoming election because of a flawed policy promoted, encouraged and demanded by the Democrats.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Opinion

Freerepublic.com

Economist support BHO plan

AS THE financial crisis pushes the economy back to the top of voters' concerns, Barack Obama is starting to open up a clear lead over John McCain in the opinion polls.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, John McCain

Wed Oct 08, 2008

Chowk

Chalta

Yaar, do you ever get the feeling that you may NOT know something? Why is it that Kaal does not know anything, Clifton does not get it and fallan is a chutia for not understanding? Have some humility.

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy, George Bush, US News, Speakers, US Politics, Joe Biden

New York Times

Examining the Candidates' Claims

The Times's Peter Baker, Julie Bosman, Kitty Bennett, Jackie Calmes, Michael Luo, Robert Pear, Andrew Revkin, Larry Rohter, Kevin Sack, David E. Sanger, Matthew L. Wald and Jeff Zeleny are examining the ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, John McCain, Barack Obama, Illinois, Illinois Government, Health Insurance, Health, Small Business, Personal Finance

Free Republic

Howie Carr: Hey voters, it’s time you knew what this guy’s about

I can't believe John McCain is losing to this guy. Barack Obama makes George McGovern look like Scoop Jackson, and yet he's way up in the polls, leading even in Florida.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, John McCain

Gainesville.com The Gainesville Sun G...

Voice of the Voters: The presidential race

Published: Monday, October 6, 2008 at 9:39 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, October 6, 2008 at 9:39 p.m. I studied the life of John McCain and reached the following conclusions.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, John McCain, Personal Finance, Retirement

The Sydney Morning Herald

Bipartisan push pressures the House

REPUBLICAN and Democrat leaders have redoubled their efforts to find the extra 12 votes needed to pass the $US700 billion bail-out plan when it returns to the House of Representatives for a possible vote ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Home, Mortgage, John McCain, Barack Obama

NewsBusters.org

Bozell Column: Saving Liberal Fannies

It seems like only yesterday when Enron and Worldcom collapsed. Throughout these ordeals our national media labored long and hard to paint Worldcoma TMs Bernie Ebbers as the face of Capitalism Corrupted while ...

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Related Topix: Telecom, IT Services, George Bush, 60 Minutes, Entertainment, Television, Financial Services, Fannie Mae, US News, US Politics

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