Bailout watchdog probes suspected TARP fraud at 64 banks

The government watchdog charged with overseeing the $700 billion bank bailout fund is claiming broad success in cracking down on individual

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"… lly projected, he said. The program was created in the final months of the Bush administration in late 2008, and has been largely carried out by the Obama administration …"

Spencer Bachus — Financial Services Committee

Spencer Bachus is a nine-term lawmaker from Alabama’s 6th district, which includes the Birmingham and Tuscaloosa suburbs. It is one of the m

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"… eltdown that froze credit markets and led to the bailout program under the Bush administration. The committee chairmanship would also give Bachus a prominent platform to …"

Obama distances himself from Bush on signing statements

By Andrew Green

If President Obama is keeping a to-do list of issues from the Bush era he needs to resolve, he checked off another one yesterday. The prez c

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"… e rule of law.”But not everyone agrees. The Washington Post cited former Bush administration officials who said 43’s use of signing statements was not excessive and …"

"… e Post.For critics, though, Obama’s memo is unlikely to “wipe away the Bush administration’s impact on the nation,” according to Mitchel A. Sollenberger, an assi …"

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August 6, 2010

By Julie Vorman

TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT: What lessons did the U.S. government learn from its unprecedented 2008-09 intervention in the financial markets?...

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"… financial institutions and companies that began in the final months of the Bush administration. Today, the government remains a shareholder in American International Gro …"

Interview: Unprecedented opportunity

Rami Khouri, a veteran editor and reporter who currently serves as editor-at-large for the Lebanese English language newspaper, The Daily St

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"… as an official policy basically to fight terror. I mean, that’s what the Bush administration says. Whether it’s actually fighting terror or promoting new terror, his …"

Commentary — Even in wartime, stealth and democracy do not mix

By Charles Lewis

WASHINGTON, February 12, 2003 — A few days ago, the Center for Public Integrity obtained a copy of draft legislation that the Bush Administr
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Commentary — The assault on liberty (continued)

By Charles Lewis

WASHINGTON, September 17, 2003 — President George W. Bush used the second anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks not only to pr

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"… ebruary through August, perhaps because of the firestorm of criticism, the Bush administration did not drop the shoe of the so-called Patriot II Act. But weeks ago, Atto …"

Draft legislation undercuts Bush domestic spying rationale

WASHINGTON, January 31, 2006 — A Justice Department memo written in 2003 may call into question the legal rationale the Bush administration

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"… rtment memo written in 2003 may call into question the legal rationale the Bush administration has offered to justify electronic surveillance of Americans without court …"

"… to be dead ends or the communications of innocent Americans.The powers the Bush administration now claims to have are far more sweeping than what was sought in “Patrio …"

Has mountaintop mining peaked?

By Marianne Lavelle

Activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is praising the Obama administration for moving to stop “the greatest environmental tragedy ever to befall ou

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"… permits” — and in this, at least, is signaling a major shift from the Bush administration’s mountaintop mining policy.In mountaintop mining, miners use explosives …"

The politics of energy: Coal

By The Center for Public Integrity

When George W. Bush was inaugurated on the Capitol steps in January 2001, the coal industry, which had contr

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"… e emergence of a coal-friendly strategyWithin months of taking office, the Bush administration changed course and announced that it would not cap carbon dioxide emission …"

"… strial nations to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide they emit.One of the Bush administration’s first initiatives was the establishment of an energy task force, chair …"

"… ncumbents in BoldOn New Year’s Eve in 2002 and again in August 2003, the Bush administration announced “reforms” of New Source Review, a Clean Air Act regulation t …"

"… requirements when refurbishing their old generating plants. Thanks to the Bush administration’s new posture on New Source Review, companies which had considered settl …"

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