Ouch: Don’t worry Jack, we will! Most open and ethical Congress in history… Heh!
Bloomberg: Geithner’s Fed Told AIG to Limit Swaps Disclosure
January 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
In a sane world Tim Geithner’s tax troubles would have kept him from being confirmed as Treasury Secretary. Unfortunately, we don’t live sane and those tax troubles pale in comparison to what we’re learning about the Geithner led Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s role in the AIG bailout: The Federal Reserve Bank of New [...]
Dodd, Dorgan to Retire; Won’t Seek Re-election
January 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The 2010 mid-term elections are still months, but things aren’t looking good Democrats. Two long serving high profile Senators, Chris Dodd of Connecticut and Byron Dorgan of North Dakota have announced that they won’t seek re-election: Sen. Christopher Dodd of Connecticut, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee and a Democratic Party stalwart in the Senate, [...]
Democrats Lock Republicans Out of Committee Room
October 21, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Most ethical Congress in history? Heh… From The Hill: Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.) locked Republicans out of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee room to keep them from meeting when Democrats aren’t present. Towns’ action came after repeated public ridicule from the leading Republican on the committee, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), over Towns’s failure [...]
Senate Ethics Committee Clears Dodd, Conrand
August 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment
As predicted the Senate Ethics Committee has cleared Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd of wrong doing in his dealings with Countrywide Financial: The Senate Ethics Committee on Friday dropped yearlong investigations into two powerful Senate committee chairmen, Democrats Christopher J. Dodd and Kent Conrad . The group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington had filed [...]
AP: Dodd, Conrad Told Mortgage Deals Were Sweetened
July 28, 2009 By 3 Comments
The Associated Press is reporting that Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd was told from the very start that hes was getting a VIP mortgage discount: Despite their denials, influential Democratic Sens. Kent Conrad and Chris Dodd were told from the start they were getting VIP mortgage discounts from one of the nation’s largest lenders, the official [...]
Washington Times: U.S. House Restricts Ethics Probes
June 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I would love to be able to point a finger at the Democrats and say something like ‘Most ethical Congress in history??? Heh!’ But I can’t Republicans are just as culpable as Democrats in fostering the culture of corruption that pervades Washington: When Democrats made their case during the 2006 elections about why they should [...]
Dianne Feinstein Routed Government Money to Husband’s Firm
April 21, 2009 By 1 Comment
The Washington Times is reporting today that Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) took unusual steps to route route taxpayer dollars to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. which had just awarded her husband’s firm a lucrative contract: On the day the new Congress convened this year, Sen. Dianne Feinstein introduced legislation to route $25 billion in taxpayer [...]
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