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- What has become of the D.C. full-vote measure? The...
- Gates: U.S. Not Prepared to Respond to North Korea...
- What is the point?
- U.S. Congress Cautiously Welcomes New Afghan Plan
- Democrats Agree on Budget's Outline
- Barney Frank, King of Pork
- Congress, Largest Landlord in the U.S.
- Democrats Take Knife to Obama's Budget
- Congressional Chestbeating?
- Administration launches plan to initially buy up h...
- Law Professor Who Advised Obama Says House AIG Bil...
- Feingold/Ryan unveil earmark veto plan
- Team Effort in the House to Overhaul Health Care
- What Would Happen Without Local Newspapers?
- Are earmarks really so bad?
- Hillbillies: Don't Worry
- Median Voter Theory in Action
- Lawmaker Tried to Aid Bank Partly Owned by Husband
- Steele In Hot Water Over Abortion Comments
- Senate Clears Spending After Fractious Debate
- Big Test for New Chairman
- Congress having difficulty evaluating its carbon f...
- Don’t Rely on Bush’s Signing Statements, Obama Orders
- Chinese harassed Navy Ship....
- Republicans Look for a Reliever in Kentucky
- Congress passes stopgap bill to avoid shutdown
- Senator in Search of the "Truth"
- House Passes Mortgage Bankruptcy Bill
- RNC member calls on Michael Steele to resign
- Republicans attempt to stall spending bill
- Feingold, Ryan, McCain unite to curb earmarks
- Feingold Opposes Spending Bill
- House Rep to Ban Gitmo Detainees from U.S. Soil
- Senate Debates $410 Billion '09 Spending Bill
- In Senate, Bipartisan Love of Earmarks
- Filibusters: The Senate’s Self-Inflicted Wound
- Bring on the bacon!
- Interesting videos on new Reps on Capitol Hill
- Any other Alternatives?
- Snow Cancels Pelosi's Plans
- The Phantom Filibuster
- Kansas Governor to head Department of Health and H...
- Kohl seeks 401(k) relief
- Frustrated G.O.P. Tries to Drive Wedge Between Oba...
- Hell Hath No Fury Like...
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1 comment:
I feel that with enough prodding, anyone can be tied to interests in the banking industry. A little known fact that I stumbled upon a while back was this:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/aram-roston/gop-congressman-cantors-w_b_160420.html
Republican Minority Whip Eric Cantor's (one of the most staunch opponents to the TARP program) wife was the recipient of the bailout. The bank for which she is employed received more than $200 million from the federal government. When in Congress, whose spouse isn't a banker?
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