Posts Tagged ‘United States House Committee on Financial Services’

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Dec11

We Finally Got A Piece Of The Piiiiiiiiiii…

by Duane on December 11th, 2009 at 7:20 am
Posted In: Follow the money, Headlines, Politics

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(AP)By boycotting a key House committee vote last week and threatening to abandon support for banking regulations, members of the Congressional Black Caucus got $4 billion added to a Wall Street regulation bill and $2 billion to a proposed House jobs bill in spending they sought for African American communities.
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney [...]

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Jun11

A paycheck too far

by Duane on June 11th, 2009 at 10:14 am
Posted In: Economy, Politics, Should Be Slapped

Drudge is flashing a link to the following article this morning.
“Gene Sperling, who advises Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, said Thursday the administration does not want to impose caps on executive pay. But he also laid out for the House Financial Services Committee a list of guidelines calling on publicly-held companies to link compensation to long-term [...]

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Jan24

Suckahs!

by Duane on January 24th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
Posted In: Economy, Politics

Debunking Stimulus Myth: Only 3% Allotted for Road, Bridge Infrastructure Spending
By Jeff Poor
Business & Media Institute
You’ve heard it here, there and everywhere in the news media – the time is now for a big-government economic stimulus package, not only to revive the economy, but to salvage America’s crumbling infrastructure.
That’s one of the selling points [...]

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