For the second time this month, congressional budget analysts have dealt a blow to the Democrat’s health reform efforts, this time by saying a plan touted by the White House as crucial to paying for the bill would actually save almost no money…
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Pelosi: I’m Not Bound By Deals White House Cut With Health Care Industry
July 24th, 2009 |
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she doesn’t feel bound by the $235 billion in deals that the White House and the Senate Finance Committee cut with hospital and pharmaceutical companies to defray costs of a new health-care plan, s…
Ignoring Watchdog Report, Treasury Gives Three Major Banks Sweetheart Deals
July 23rd, 2009 |
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Four major banks have repurchased warrants from the Treasury Department since a congressional watchdog reported that the backroom deals where the prices were negotiated were ripping off the taxpayer.
In three of the subsequent four transacti…
House Dems To Geithner: Stop Backroom Deals With Wall Street
July 20th, 2009 |
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Now that bailed-out banks are reporting record-breaking profits, the U.S. taxpayer, who bought into these institutions at bottom-barrel prices, could wind up on the winning end of a nice profit. That’s what happens, after all, when you buy low…
Lita Smith-Mines: Kiss The Deals Goodbye
July 20th, 2009 |
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While buyers dally, sellers fret. They can’t realistically make offers on move-up homes or retirement villas or pay off their creditors.