Articles filed under U.S. Congress
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True reform means ending 'too big to fail'May 06, 2010 11:00 pm - True financial reform must accomplish two things in my view: preserve the integrity of our nation's financial system and protect taxpayers from future bailouts. The fina...
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Regulation, transparency key to reformsMay 06, 2010 11:00 pm - If you find the ongoing debate over financial reform legislation confusing, you're not alone. The financial industry that made a fortune by recklessly and unethically ga...
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End bailouts: past, present and futureMay 05, 2010 11:00 pm - It's agreed. Taxpayers hate the bailouts. So do I, and so do most of my colleagues. In fact, many of the big Wall Street firms that received funds under the original bai...
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GOP bosses sit down with Walsh, but don't ask him to step asideMay 05, 2010 11:00 pm - With controversy continuing to muddle Republican Joe Walsh's run for Congress, party leaders held a two-hour sit-down recently with the candidate to vet his viability. "...
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What went wrong and how to fix itMay 05, 2010 11:00 pm - "What went wrong? And what are you doing to make sure it doesn't happen again?" Citizens have a right and a responsibility to demand answers to these two questions after...
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Walsh's campaign office still open for businessMay 03, 2010 11:00 pm - Despite the efforts of two former campaign workers, Republican congressional candidate Joe Walsh's Grayslake political office remained open for business Monday. The camp...
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Walsh's Grayslake campaign staffers call it quitsMay 02, 2010 11:00 pm - Disgruntled staff members of congressional candidate Joe Walsh called it quits Sunday, announcing plans to strip Walsh's newly opened Grayslake campaign office of the ma...
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Giannoulias at financial reform rallyApr 27, 2010 11:00 pm - Republican Mark Kirk's campaign calls it "ridiculous" for Democrat Alexi Giannoulias to campaign on financial reform issues after his family bank collapsed. Giannoulias,...
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Walsh to file House disclosure form late, pay fineApr 27, 2010 11:00 pm - A suburban congressional candidate's failure to file a federal financial disclosure form was a campaign oversight that will be rectified this week, his spokesman said Tu...
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Giannoulias renews call for Kirk to return Goldman contributionsApr 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Alex Giannoulias went on the offensive Sunday, targeting his GOP opponent's campaign contributions from troubled Wall Street investing gia...