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Sam Stein

Dems Fear Bush Will Tie Obama's Hands On TARP

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tarp, Banks Money, Trouble Asset Releif Program, Financial Firms, Josh Marshall, TARP Money, Bush Money, Barney Frank, Politics News

There is increasingly anxiety among members of Congress and fiscal watchdogs over the handling of the Troubled Asset Relief Program by the Bush admini...

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Ryan Grim

Madoff Investigator Wants To Broaden Scope Of Inquiry

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: H. David Kotz, Madoff Investigation, House Financial Services, Bernard Madoff, Spencer Bachus, Sec, Madoff Scandal, Bernie Madoff, Barney Frank, Politics News

The investigation into federal regulators' complicity in -- or failure to detect -- the Bernard Madoff ponzi scheme could get a lot bigger, the lead i...

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Companies Line Up For Bailout Funds

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 12.23.2008 | Business

Read More: Tarp, Bailout, Builders, Economy, Barney Frank, Realtors, Financial Crisis, Business News

WASHINGTON — The longest recession in a quarter century is snowballing, and some analysts warn that economic activity could plunge as much as 6 ...

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You Morons, What Have You Done With Our Money?

Gail Vida Hamburg | Posted 12.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Henry Paulson, Elizabeth Warren, Government Bailout, Bailout, Barney Frank, Economic Crisis, Associated Press, Taxpayers Dollars, $700 Billion Bailout, Cpa, Henry Paulson Plan, Neel Kashkari, Bailout Money, Bank Bailouts, Rita Beamish, Congressional Bailout, Frank Bass, Brad Sherman, Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Corporate Bailout, Bailout Oversight Panel, Executive Bailout, Corporate Bonuses, Business News
Gail Vida Hamburg

Was it too much to ask Congress to examine this government intervention in the free market critically before authorizing the transfer of US taxpayer dollars to benefit the banking sector?

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Barney Frank Rick Warren Statement: "Very Disappointed"

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

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Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), one of only three openly gay members of the House of Representatives, released a statement harshly criticizing Barack Obama'...

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Obama's Choice Of Warren Is Very Disappointing

Rep. Barney Frank | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics

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Rep. Barney Frank

I am very disappointed by President-elect Obama's decision to honor Reverend Rick Warren with a prominent role in his inauguration.

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Murdoch and Polonius: A Subscriber's Report

Martin Nolan | Posted 12.15.2008 | Media

Read More: Bill Clinton, Robert Bartley, Barney Frank, Bernanke, Fannie Mae, Chris Dodd, Procter & Gamble, Wall Street Journal, Paulson, Freddie Mac, Financial TImes, Rupert Murdoch, New York Times, Fox News, Shakespeare, Bernard Madoff, Whitewater, Ghoogle, Media News
Martin Nolan

In 2008, during the biggest financial news story since 1929, the credibility of the Wall Street Journal's ed page coughed, sputtered, and collapsed.

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Congress Blasts Kashkari Over TARP (Slideshow)

The Huffington Post | Nour Akkad | Posted 12.12.2008 | Business

Read More: Slideshow, Tarp, Neel Kashkari, Barney Frank, TARP Overseer, Business News, Business, Business News

It was a rough week for Neel Kashkari -- during the hearing this past Wednesday, titled the "Oversight Concerns Regarding Treasury Department Conduct ...

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Hi My Name is America and I'm a Credit Addict: 12-Step Program for the Financial Crisis

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 12.12.2008 | Business

Read More: Debt, Recovery, Hank Paulson, Economy, Barney Frank, Congress, Obama, Mortgage Crisis, Credit Cards, 12-Step, Mortgage, Credit, Unemployment, Financial Crisis, Banks, Economic Recovery, Business News
Hoyt Hilsman

In light of all the six-step, eight-step and ten-step proposals floating around Washington, I thought I'd offer the following twelve-step program for recovery from the financial crisis.

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Wall Street Journal Editorial Board Does It Again

Rep. Barney Frank | Posted 12.11.2008 | Business

Read More: Wall Street Journal, Housing Crisis, Freddie Mac, Barney Frank, Deregulation Banking, Fannie Mae, Home Ownership, Business News
Rep. Barney Frank

I am used to having my views severely distorted by the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board, but the opening of this editorial doesn't distort -- it gets the truth absolutely backwards.

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Detroit's Next Step; Analysis of Rescue Proposal Here

Steve Parker | Posted 12.09.2008 | Business

Read More: New United Motor Manufacturing, Bob Nardelli, Congress, Uaw, Meet the Press, Toyota, Pontiac Vibe Hatchbacks, Chrysler, Gm, Alan Mulally, Rick Wagoner, Barney Frank, Detroit Three, Three Tenors, Detroit Free Press, Cars, Chris Dodd, Ford, Corvette, Bob Lutz, Tom Brokaw, General Motors, Detroit Three Loans, Pontiac GTO, Nancy Pelosi, Washington, Harry Reid, Pontiac G8, Detroit Bailout, Nummi, Auto Bailout, Auto Industry, Business News
Steve Parker

It's always nice to own part of any failing automotive giant from the last century, if the companies are still not viable three, six or even twelve months from now, what will taxpayers' ownership be worth?

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Friday Talking Points [57] -- End Of Prohibition 75th Anniversary Edition

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Weapons Inspectors, Marie Antoinette, Pardon, Autoworkers, Feinstein, Marijuana, Al Franken, Barney Frank, Medical Marijuana, Legacy, Difi, Prohibition, Jerrold Nadler, Bush Legacy, Northern Ireland, Midnight Regulations, Bailout, Norm Coleman, Midotw, Treasury, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Ireland, Health Care, Reid, Detroit, Cash Room, 2700 Year Old, Army Field Manual, Democrat, Congress, 21st Amendment, Right Wing, Visitors Center, Minnesota, Lie, Democrats, Santa, Barack Obama, Brian Williams, The Troubles, Liquor, Michael Medved, Constitution, Mddotw, Harry Reid, Recount, Hillary Clinton, Utah, Post-Partisan Depression, Capitol, Secretary of State, Senate, Grandstanding, Amendment, Gop, Senator, Obama, Democratic, Dianne Feinstein, Iraq, Anniversary, Drink, Bush, Republican, Paulson, Clinton, Charlie Gibson, Schedule I, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Schedule II, Wmd, House, Frank, Franken, Post-Partisan, 2008 Election, Tourists, Talk Radio, Chris Weigant, Smell, Prohibition Repeal, Stink, Torture, Medved, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Brian Williams, NBC's talking head extraordinaire, is probably a decent guy, a guy with whom you could sit down and have a beer. [More on the alcohol...

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Sam Stein

Pressure Grows On Obama To Push Bush Aside

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bush Economy, China Bush, Obama Frank, Paulson China, Obama Economy, Obama Budget, Hank Paulson, Obama Kantor, Mickey Kantor, Barney Frank, Obama Dodd, Politics News

November's unemployment numbers have started a fresh round of fretting both over the future of the economy as well as who -- in the immediate sense --...

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The Media Myth: Detroit's $70-an-hour Autoworker

Eric Boehlert | Posted 11.25.2008 | Media

Read More: Chrysler, Businessweek, National Review, Gm, New York Post, Barney Frank, Ford, Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, Uaw, Newt Gingrich, Media News
Eric Boehlert

Make no mistake: The $70-an-hour claim represents a classic case of conservative misinformation. It's also a very dangerous one.

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The Simple Arithmetic of Hank Paulson's Financial Disaster

David Fiderer | Posted 11.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Mortgage Crisis, Financial Crisis, Subprime Mortgages, Hank Paulson, Citigroup, Barney Frank, Wall Street Crisis, Henry Paulson, Business News
David Fiderer

Financial markets have given Hank Paulson a vote of no confidence. His inaction has triggered a chain reaction. Unfortunately, it's the rest of us who will pay the price.

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Experts Slam DoD Waste in Book for Obama

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iron Triangle, Pentagon, Center for Defense Information, Military Spending, Barney Frank, Obama, America's Defense Meltdown, Transition, Iraq, Marine Corps, Barack Obama, Dod, War Wire, Politics News
John Tepper Marlin

The United States been stuck in a century-old military strategy, spending too much money for too little ability to wage a modern war, and why?

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Change We Can Bank On

Robert Scheer | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Robert Scheer, Phil Gramm, Henry Paulson, Mortgage, Fdic, Barack Obama, Economy, Lawrence Summers, Foreclosure, Timothy Geithner, Pornography of Power, Robert Rubin, Sheila Bair, Barney Frank, Treasury Secretary, Obama Cabinet, Obama's Cabinet, Alan Greenspan, Politics News
Robert Scheer

This is not change we can believe in -- not if Robert Rubin or his protégé, Lawrence Summers, get to call the shots on the economy in Obama's incoming administration.

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O'Reilly Factor: Dennis Miller's Homophobic Joke About Barney Frank

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 11.12.2008 | Media

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Dennis Miller appeared on The O'Reilly Factor tonight (Miller is a frequent guest on Bill O'Reilly's show) and went on a rant regarding what Barack Ob...

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Election 2008 Odds and Ends -- Waiting for Missouri and Alaska, Pro-Marijuana Initiatives and More...

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

We have had a virtual news blackout on what is going on in the two states we're waiting for -- Missouri's presidential results, and Alaska's senatorial results. Here is what I managed to find out.

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The Bailout in Barney Frank Videos

Dave Burdick | Posted 11.06.2008 | Business

Read More: Barney Frank Videos, Video, Bailout, Finance, Bailout Barney Frank, Economy, Barney Frank, Financial Crisis, Barney Frank Quotes, Barney Frank Quotations, Business News
Dave Burdick

I still have friends asking me about the major events of the bailout -- what happened, why did it matter? Well, I'll turn it over to Rep. Barney Frank to answer those questions.

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Barney Frank: Banks "Distorting" Government Bailout Plan

AP | JOHN DUNBAR | Posted 10.31.2008 | Business

Read More: Barney Frank, Barney Frank Banks, Barney Frank Bailout Plan, Bailout Plan, Bailout, Bailout Banks, Business News

WASHINGTON — The chairman of the House Financial Service Committee accused financial institutions on Friday of "distorting" the government's $70...

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The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy: Caution Leftist, the Fat Lady May Be a Member of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy

Jeffrey Jena | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Barack Obama Wins, Race Not Over, Barney Frank, Nancy Pelosi, Katie Couric, Maureen Dowd, Anderson Cooper, Flyoverland, Keith Olbermann, Barack Obama, Chris Matthews, 236.Com, Politics News
Jeffrey Jena

I hate to seem petty, to stand on ceremony but some of us out here in Flyoverland want to vote before we let the Big O put his hand on the book.

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McCain: Frank and Dodd "Willing Co-Conspirators" In Banking Crisis

Politico | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Wall Street, Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, Collapse, Economy, Financial Crisis, Politics News

John McCain and his Republican allies have elevated an unlikely pair of political villains to deflect blame for the slumping economy. During a town ...

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Wagging the Dog With Fannie Mae: Republicans Explain the Financial Crisis With Racist Mythology

David Fiderer | Posted 10.09.2008 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Hank Paulson, George Will, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Barney Frank, McCain Campaign, Mortgage Crisis, Fannie Mae, Federal Reserve, Business News
David Fiderer

Into a void of understanding, Republicans have sought to absolve themselves of blame with a racist mythology that has gone viral.

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Jason Linkins

O'Reilly's Winning Strategy For McCain: Make Loud Noises!

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.08.2008 | Media

Read More: John McCain, Karl Rove, Barney Frank, Bill O'Reilly Meltdown, Bill O'Reilly, Barack Obama, Media News

As a measure of just how ridiculous the discourse has gotten, let's consider this portion of the O'Reilly Factor. In it, Karl Rove is trying to sugge...

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