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Obama's daughter: 'Better be good'
The Swampby Mark Silva The one overriding historical notation about President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration on Tuesday is one which he himself has not spent a lot of time talking about publicly. The first African-American. This is a nation which, long marred.....Tags: Ohio, State Budgets, Social Security, Renewable Energy, Health
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Roberts: Let's give everyone a tax holiday!
Spin CycleRepublicans continue to give Geithner a hard time at his Finance Committee confirmation hearing. Olympia Snowe asks about his failure to effectively regulate credit swap derivatives, and his role in allow Lehman Brothers to fail. Jim Bunning says he......Tags: Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Pat Roberts, Jim Bunning, Olympia J. Snowe
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Geithner: "Careless" but "unavoidable" (Updated)
Spin CycleGeithner in his opening statement forcefully lays out his plan for economic recovery -- government intervention in the economy and credit markets that is huge, quick and decisive; investments in a new economy -- health care, alternative energy,...Tags: U.S. Presidential Transition (2009)
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Schumer: "Tim has made some mistakes"
Spin CycleSchumer, introducing Geithner as home state Senator, follows up on critical comments by ranking Republican Charles Grassley about Geithner's failure to pay taxes. "Tim has made some mistakes," Schumer says, but he "freely admitted and corrected" them on...Tags: Timothy Geithner, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Heads of State, Business Institutions, United States
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Geithner: Blame me, not TurboTax
The Swampby Frank James President Obama's choice for Treasury Secretary is likely going to be confirmed. Even Republicans are saying that. But that doesn't mean Republicans can't make things uncomfortable for him, especially since, as Treasury Secretary, he'd be...Tags: New York, United States, National Government, Iowa, State Budgets
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Treasury Secretary Geithner: Sworn in
The Swampby Mark Silva Timothy Geithner once had a date with the tax man. Now Geithner is the tax man - secretary of the Treasury Department after his swearing-in tonight, following a 60-34 vote of confirmation by the Senate. The 75th......Tags: Timothy Geithner, Heads of State, Barack Obama, State Budgets, White House
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Americans: Tax cheats not taken lightly
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated Nine in 10 Americans say it is "not at all'' acceptable to cheat on taxes. That's what the IRS says. The agency's annual survey - while it may have been conducted in August - came......Tags: Parliament, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Barack Obama, State Budgets, Tom Daschle
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NBC: Daschle is out
Spin CycleNBC reports that Tom Daschle is out. He has withdrawn his name from consideration for HHS secretary. It is odd that Tim Geithner, an outsider, survived, while Daschle, a member of the Senate club, did not. In Geithner's case,......Tags: NBC (tv network), Tom Daschle
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Rangel: Let's have a vote on Charlie!
Spin CycleIn the wake of Tom Daschle's withdrawal because of tax problems, Republicans in the House are pushing for a vote on whether Rep. Charles Rangel should step down from the chairmanship of the Ways and Means Committee while the......Tags: Tom DeLay, Values, Ethics, National Government, Charles B. Rangel
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White House: 228,000 jobs for NY
Spin CycleThe White House, pushing the stimulus package, puts out releases by state touting job creation. New York is supposedly going to create or save 228,300 jobs, get 867 schools modernized, and give tax cuts/credits to more than 7 million New......Tags: Labor Legislation, Alternative Energy, Family, Energy Saving, State Budgets
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Taxes: Gilli says OK, Chuck says nothing
Spin CycleIn the wake of the Geithner/Daschle tax disclosures, Politico surveys 99 senators (Minnesota still only has one) about whether they've ever made errors or paid back taxes. Gillibrand says she's had no problems, Schumer doesn't answer. Gillibrand...Tags: State Budgets, Minnesota, Politics
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Your tax dollars as wall art
The Swampby Frank James Here's something I have to put in the why-didn't-I-know-about-this-before now? category. Graphic designer Jess Bachman has had a beautiful poster depicting the 2009 federal budget available for public consumption since last year. (He...Tags: National Government, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Government, Microsoft Corporation
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