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U.S. Chamber of Commerce: $10 million for lobbying in 1Q 2009, including twelve lobbyists on immigration - 5/15/2009

... Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP, were among the high-profile issues the Chamber lobbied on during the first quarter... The group also lobbied on: union organizing, wage discrimination, the children's health insurance program, transportation and port infrastructure, travel restrictions to Cuba, pension security, medical liability reform, greenhouse gas standards, health care and immigr...

Intelligent & classy: Congressman heckled, booed at South Carolina tea party - 4/18/2009

... apparently because he voted for TARP. A few points: 1. It should be obvious that this type of reception is more like what ACORN tries to do; in fact, far-lefties recently tried to shout down Tom Tancredo in an appearance in North Carolina. This is pretty far from the high-level debate about policy that I've been promoting; asking him a tough question on video would be far better. But, appare...

Barney Frank deflects semi-tough questions - 4/07/2009

... Harvard University concerning TARP here. I don't have enough knowledge to tell who's telling the truth, but it's clear that Frank "won" or at least didn't lose. For over two years, I've been urging people to do things like this, albeit a bit better. Here are a few tips based on the video for those of you who want to actually do something by asking politicians to...

Morgan Weiland of Media Matters leaps to defense of illegal aliens, ACORN - 4/07/2009

Morgan Weiland of Media Matters for America offers "Conservative media consistently scapegoat undocumented immigrants, ACORN" (mediamatters.org/items/200904070005). That former United Nations intern is here to defend both, even if she doesn't do it so well. There are several parts and discussing what's wrong with those is left as an exercise. However, here are two:

AIG bonuses: just a cover for tens of billions to their counterparties? - 3/17/2009

That's what disgraced former New York governor Eliot Spitzer thinks (link):

"Financial Crisis Tab Already In The Trillions and Counting" - 2/16/2009

... Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) as defined under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, signed into law in early October. See the table at the link.

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