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Ellison to FDIC: Tie executive bonuses to deposit insurance premiums by Minnesota Independent on Feb 9, 2010 in Blog Consumer affairs Economy News US House delegation FDIC Keith Ellison Wall Street Rep. Keith Ellison is among a dozen House members who sent a letter to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation chair Sheila Bair urging reform for Wall Street compensation packages. The members of Congress are urging the FDIC to tie executive pay to...
Banker, Texas money behind Coleman’s new conservative think tank by Minnesota Independent on Feb 7, 2010 in Blog Campaign Finance Campaigns Politics american action network bankers Norm Coleman think tank Wall Street Former Sen. Norm Coleman has been hitting the trail to promote the new think tank he’s heading up. The American Action Network hopes to take advantage of the recent Supreme Court ruling overturning rules about political giving by corporations,...
The State of the Union … by Immelman for Congress on Jan 27, 2010 in Constituent Issues News 2010 election Aubrey Immelman banking industry regulation Bill McInturff campaign 2010 campaigns Congress elections Immelman for Congress Michele Bachmann Minnesota politics MN-06 Obama job approval partisan infighting Peter D. Hart politics news President Barack Obama Sen. Scott Brown special interests U.S. House of Representatives Wall Street The State of the Union: Fed up with Congress, the Democratic Party, the Republican Party, and the federal government. ... One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on January 27, 2009, Aubrey Immelman reported that the new Obama administration had...
Another Socialist initiative from our progressive president by Lake Minnetonka Liberty on Jan 20, 2010 in Posts Wall Street In spite of the fact that Barack Obama has a “D” behind his name, he is no Democrat. He is a progressive. The Democrat Party is host to the progressive movement, and that doesn’t mean that all Democrats are progressives, it means th...
While Obama and the Democrats Dither, McCain Leads the War on Wall Street by Katalusis on Dec 27, 2009 in John McCain Wall Street Glass-Steagall Paul Krugman points out in The Big Zero the Democrats led by President Obama have refused to step up to the plate in opposing the practices that caused the great recession. In the meantime, Dakinikat at the Confluence reports McCain Leads the War on...
Krugman: “If You Aren’t Outraged, You Haven’t Been Paying Attention by Katalusis on Aug 3, 2009 in Excessive CEO compensation Obama administration Wall Street recession Photo credit: royeidelson.com Paul Krugman goes after Wall Street in his NY Times op-ed column, and he does not fail to call the Obama Administration to account: Americans are angry at Wall Street, and rightly so. First the financial indust...
Enabler or Reformer? From Chicagoland to Washington to Wall Street by Katalusis on Jul 27, 2009 in Obama administration High Frequency Trading Wall Street Prior to the Democratic primary, political news from Chicago usually concerned the latest exposure of corruption, and a good deal of it was linked to the Daley Administration(s). But riding on a white stallion, Barack Obama blazed forth out of the wi...
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