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Recovery.gov Description FAIL

by Jake Brewer Jul 20, 2009 1:10 pm

As is now showing up all over the social web and news reports, the site Recovery.gov – which was set... View Article

Washington State. Transparency Begats Request for More

by Ellen Miller May 13, 2009 11:53 am

The (Spokane, Wash.) Spokesman-Review reports on an effort in Washington State to update and close loopholes in their far-reaching open... View Article

Sunlight as a Disinfectant

by Ellen Miller Apr 9, 2009 3:46 pm

Here’s an example of what you can learn when you dig into federal recordsl…USA Today reports that the federal government,... View Article

Planet Open

by Ellen Miller Jan 14, 2009 11:55 am

The ever-amazing Josh Tauberer , creator and custodian of Govtrack.us , never runs out of really good stuff to do... View Article

Financial Bailout: Deal hammered out?

by Bill Allison

investigations

Sep 28, 2008 5:49 am

That's what a series of members are saying on a press conference I happened to tune into a few moments ago -- there's an agreement, but details have to be worked out (including getting it all down on paper).

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., cited Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., as being critical to the negotiations, along with Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., chair of the Senate Finance Committee.

The House Republican negotiator, Rep. Roy Blunt, on now, cited Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio and Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va.

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Financial Bailout: A Look at Gregg and Blunt

by Anu Narayanswamy

investigations

Sep 26, 2008 9:03 pm

Rep. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., and Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., will be leading the bailout negotiation team for Republicans in the House and Senate, respectively. Here's a run down of some of their key assets from their most recent personal financial disclosure filings.

One of Gregg's largest single assets is a stock investment in Bank of America worth somewhere between $1,000,001 and $5,000,000. Bank of America is one of the leading home mortgage lenders; since the financial crisis began, it's acquired troubled subprime lender Countrywide Financial and brokerage firm Merrill Lynch.

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