Right Now Archive: Financial reform
'What's coming next? Intergalactic bailouts?'
Earlier today, I caught some of a House-Senate GOP forum on the economic crisis in Greece -- specifically, why Americans should oppose an IMF bailout of the country and how its problems augured poorly for Democratic plans to expand the welfare state.
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May 19, 2010; 6:16 PM ET |
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Republicans for TARP
"There was a widespread misinterpretation, because I voted for the first tranche of TARP, the assumption was that I voted for the second tranche of TARP and the stimulus package and the auto bailout and the omnibus bill, none of which was true," Sen. Bob Bennett (R-Utah) said. "They put it all together with a lot of help and encouragement from the Club for Growth."
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May 14, 2010; 10:32 AM ET |
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Ron Paul slams Audit the Fed vote
Earlier today I marked down the 96-0 Senate vote for Sen. Bernie Sanders's (D-Vt.) "Audit the Fed" amendment as a big win for one of Rep. Ron Paul's (R-Tex.) lifelong causes. But that's not quite how Paul sees it.
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May 11, 2010; 6:51 PM ET |
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Read the GOP's counter-proposal on financial reform
Annie Lowrey has a superlative rundown on the GOP's proposed substitute to the Democrats' financial reform bill.
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April 28, 2010; 10:50 AM ET |
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Democrats pounce on report of Wall Street money swinging to GOP
Within five minutes of each other, both White House press secretary Robert Gibbs and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee circulated this story. Why? Read on. A Wall Street Journal analysis of 12 large financial services companies, including J.P. Morgan Chase...
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April 27, 2010; 11:05 AM ET |
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The difficulty of covering the GOP's stance on financial reform
Over the past week, several Republicans have called me out for what they considered a flippant tone in coverage of their messaging on financial reform. It's an interesting criticism and a frustrating problem. I don't know how to cover some...
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April 27, 2010; 8:28 AM ET |
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