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Congress ready: 'Mother of all bailouts'
The Swampby Mark Silva Congressional leaders appear ready to act quickly on the Bush administration's demand for authority to bail out as much as $700 billion in bad mortgage debts, but not without adding some conditions and possibly added costs of......Tags: Richard Shelby, Harry Reid, CEO Pay, State Budgets, International Military Interventions
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Republicans: Great idea!
Spin CycleReaction predictably breaking along partisan lines. None of them -- Democrats or Republicans -- can ever stop being what they are. Here's GOP House Minority leader John Boehner: "I strongly support Sen. McCain???s proposal for a bipartisan leadership...Tags: National Government, John McCain, Republican Party, Government
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Off-shore oil-ban lifted, for now maybe
The Swampby Mark Silva House Democrats are ready to let a quarter-century-old ban against drilling for oil off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts expire next week, which House Republicans are taking as victory in a months-long battle by the White House......Tags: Ohio, National Government, Elections, George W. Bush, Petroleum Industry
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McCain bustles around Hill
The SwampSen. John McCain walks with Sen. Joe Lieberman from his office to the U.S. Capitol (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) by Jill Zuckman John McCain the presidential candidate transformed into John McCain the senator Thursday on a day in which he......Tags: Parliament, Bill Clinton, Political Candidates, National Government, Jon Kyl
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House GOP: No deal yet on bailout
The Swampby James Oliphant and updated Some Senate Republicans say they have a deal on the bailout bill. The ranking Republican on the House Financial Services Committee says there isn't one. Here is the statement from Rep. Spencer Bachus: "As I......Tags: Spencer Bachus, U.S. Department of the Treasury, National Government, John McCain, Republican Party
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Bailout: Tentative deal reached
The Swampby James Oliphant A tentative deal has been struck between Democratic and Republican members of Congress on the massive $700 billion plan to rescue America's financial sector. Sen. Christopher Dodd and Rep. Barney Frank, who have been leading the talks......Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Henry Paulson, National Government, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Jon Kyl
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House Republicans: 'Protect taxpayers'
The Swampby Frank James Worth a read is the letter House Minority Leader John Boehner sent to sent House Speaker Nancy Pelosi today, reiterating the House Republicans' determination to be significant part of any deal that gets done to help the......Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Financial Services, Spencer Bachus, U.S. Department of the Treasury, National Government
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Obama, McCain: 'Think we have a date'
The Swampby Mark Silva Sen. Barack Obama is heading for Oxford, Miss. Sen. John McCain is still around town. But, as Obama arrived at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport this morning, and saw his Republican rival's campaign plane parked nearby, his......Tags: Ronald Reagan, Parliament, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, John McCain
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House GOP rebranding and bailout clash
The Swampby Frank James It's not hard to understand why House Republicans would be so resistant to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's $700 billion bailout plan. One reason House Republicans found themselves in the minority is because, in the lead up to......Tags: Henry Paulson, National Government, Republican Party, George W. Bush, Nancy Pelosi
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McCain, Obama, dance through D.C.
The Swampby Mark Silva and Naftali Bendavid Presidential candidates usually stay far from Washington, physically and rhetorically. But Thursday, the city witnessed the curious sight of the campaign planes of John McCain and Barack Obama, their logos emblazoned...Tags: Parliament, Richard Shelby, Political Candidates, National Government, Jon Kyl
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Bailout, crisis, economic politics ahead
The Swampby Mark Silva In the short run, congressional leaders have achieved their goal of producing an agreement Sunday on a federal bailout of banks and other financial institutions holding bad mortgage debts before the world's stock markets reopened. But in.......Tags: Loans, Economy, Business and Finance, Political Candidates, U.S. Department of the Treasury, National Government
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McCain, Obama calling: Bailout going OK?
The Swampby Mark Silva With help like this... The reviews on John McCain's impact on the congressional bailout negotiations were rather mixed - with fellow Republicans insisting that he had helped, and Democrats complaining that he had helped run the talks......Tags: Florida, Democratic Party, Political Candidates, Mario Diaz-Balart, Missouri
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