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'Roll Tide!' Obama tells national football champs not from Harvard
Top of the TicketAlabama football players honored at White House for their 13th national championship.... -
Rahm Emanuel: 'Mayor of Chicago'
The Swampby Mark Silva Rahm Emanuel, the White House chief of staff and former congressman from Chicago, has made it clear to friends that he'd like to run for mayor of Chicago. But tonight, he made it really clear, publicly, that......Tags: Medical Services, Sonia Sotomayor, Iran, Health, Colleges and Universities
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Democrats decry Wall Street excesses but take lots of Goldman Sachs money -- a credibility problem?
Top of the TicketIn 2010, the securities folks on Wall Street gave $32 million to political candidates -- and that was before the Supreme Court removed the ban on corporate campaign contributions in politics. More than 60% went to Democrats. And in 2008,...... -
Congress likely to examine Air Force tanker decision
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterA Pentagon decision to award a $40-billion tanker contract to Northrop Grumman Corp. and European partner Airbus drew a flurry of outcries from lawmakers and presidential candidates Monday as the contract appeared headed for a protracted battle in...Tags: Hillary Clinton, Aerospace Manufacturing, Barack Obama, Boeing Co., Crime, Law and Justice
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House OKs Big 3 help but Senate in doubt
The Swampby Frank James As expected, the House approved a $14 billion bailout package for the Detroit Three last night. That's the good news for auto workers, dealers, suppliers, communities, local media and all the others constituencies dependent on them. But.......Tags: Upper House, Alcoholic Beverages, Parliament, Government, Big 3 Auto Bailout (2008)
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Yes, Virginia, there is a Republican Party
The Swampby Mark Silva JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Yes, Virginia, there is a Republican Party. For all the celebration of the electoral landslide that will land President-elect Barack Obama in the White House in January - for all the victories won by......Tags: Tampa, Corporate Officers, Barack Obama, Indiana, White House
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Schumer, undoing Schumer: Wall Street crackdown!
Spin CycleIn 2001, Chuck Schumer was a co-sponsor with Phil Gramm of a bill (the Investor and Capital Markets Fee Relief Act of 2001) that cut Wall Street fees designed to finance SEC oversight operations that had been diverted to......Tags: Economic Policy, Public Relations, FBI, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Alabama
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Congress approves $787-B stimulus
The Swampby Mark Silva A divided Congress has approved a $787-billion stimulus that President Barack Obama demanded as an essential boost for a stalled economy, with the Senate voting 60-38 tonight on a measure that earlier cleared the House by 246-183......Tags: Economic Policy, Arlen Specter, Economy, Business and Finance, Social Security, Barack Obama
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Letting Citigroup fail could be disastrous
The Swampby Frank James If lawmakers liked what happened after Lehman Brothers collapsed, they'll really like what would happen if Citigroup failed. Sen. Richard Shelby, an Alabama Republican, said over the weekend federal officials should let Citigroup fail...Tags: Financial Markets, ABC (tv network), Alabama, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., The Associated Press
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Feds prepare to revive Citigroup if needed
The Swampby Frank James It appears federal officials are declining to follow the advice of Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) who recently said Citigroup should be allowed to die. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Obama Administration and Federal Reserve...Tags: Health, Federal Reserve, Citigroup Incorporated, New York, Diseases and Illnesses
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Geithner: 'Credit flowing again' the goal
The Swampby Mark Silva Timothy Geithner, the somewhat embattled Treasury secretary whose strategy for settling the "toxic assets" clogging the nation's financial markets -- as Treasury's Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned at the close...Tags: United States, Consumer Confidence, Economy, Business and Finance, Federal Reserve, Education
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Obama, race, reality and reconciliation
The Swampby Mark Silva Two months into the administration of the first African-American president, Liz Sidoti of the Associated Press takes a look today at some of the "old racial stereotypes and Internet-fueled falsehoods'' about President Barack Obama that...Tags: Eric Holder, United States, Prosecution, Barack Obama, White House
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