Tag: House Financial Services Committee
DC Scorecard: Bank lobbyists win again, with help from Dem friends
Band of Dems blasts Geithner plan
WASHINGTON-- Appearing before a House panel on Thursday, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner made his best pitch for legislation granting the White House broad new powers to seize Wall Street firms when their collapse might torpedo others in the industry. It didn’t go so well.
Financial industry reform battle begins again in Washington
Sushi with Freddie Mac, happy hour with realtors
If you haven’t been under a rock lately, you know that the Bush Administration is proposing a $700 billion bailout for Wall Street. What you might not know is that there have been 258 parties this year alone for members of the House Financial Services Committee — the very folks who are making crucial decisions about this legislation — a number of them hosted by lobbyists for the finance, insurance, and real estate industries.