Treasury Secretary Geithner faces harsh criticism from legislators over bailouts
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on January 27th, 2010 5:35 am by HL
Treasury Secretary Geithner faces harsh criticism from legislators over bailouts
When Timothy F. Geithner emerged as the leading candidate for Treasury secretary in late 2008, he privately urged Barack Obama to think twice about whether to hire him. Geithner had been a key architect of the government’s bailout of Wall Street and would carry that history into the new job, he…
James O’Keefe charged in alleged plot to bug Senator Mary Landrieu’s office
The conservative young filmmaker whose undercover sting damaged a liberal activist group last year faces federal criminal charges in an alleged plot to bug the New Orleans office of Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.).
Obama will reset his agenda in State of the Union speech
When President Obama appears before Congress and the nation on Wednesday night to deliver his State of the Union speech, his goals will be to reset his agenda, assure his demoralized party that he has not given up on key priorities and try to convince a skeptical public that he can still change…
U.S. is unprepared for major bioterrorism attack, commission finds
More than eight years after the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks, the United States is still unprepared to respond to the threat of large-scale bioterrorism, a congressionally appointed commission said Tuesday in a report that gave the government mixed grades overall for how it has protected Americans…
Senate rejects plan to create commission on federal deficit
The Senate on Tuesday rejected a plan to create a bipartisan commission to tackle the nation’s budget problems, but advocates vowed to keep pushing the idea, citing new projections showing that the improving economy has yet to stem the tide of red ink.
