Last month, the Treasury Department announced new rules restricting contacts made by lobbyists working for firms receiving bailout funds. Those... View Article
Continue readingAnd the TARP Subsidy Keeps Growing. . .
Buried in prepared testimony by the director of the Congressional Budget Office on Jan. 28 are some eye-catching numbers that reflect... View Article
Continue readingStealth Bailout Lobbying
Even after the collapse of the financial industry and the subsequent bailout, firms injected with government money still found time... View Article
Continue readingBailout Recipients Lobbying
From October 1, 2008 through the end of the year, eighteen companies that had received, or would receive, bailout funds... View Article
Continue readingTransparency for Lawmaker Stock Transactions
Rep. Brian Baird and Rules Chair Louise Slaughter reintroduced an important transparency bill that would ban lawmakers, executive branch officials,... View Article
Continue readingNew Lobbying Rules on TARP
Just yesterday, I was posting about restricting TARP firms from using funds for political influence. Today, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner... View Article
Continue readingLobbying With My Money
There are so many “fool me once…” moments with the ongoing bailout of the financial industry. One that is particularly... View Article
Continue readingTrack the Bailout on Subsidyscope
Starting today, the Subsidyscope Web site tries to bring a little order to the government’s bewildering economic rescue effort. A... View Article
Continue readingNo New TARP Accountability Requirements
Yesterday, I looked at an amendment to the 2nd round of TARP (read: bailout) funds from Tim Walz that sought... View Article
Continue readingGood TARP Transparency Amendment
Rep. Tim Walz introduced an amendment to the second round of TARP – the economic recovery funds aka the bailout... View Article
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