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By Kim on October 4, 2008
Earlier on tonight, the indications were that the US House of Representatives would be voting around 2am AEST on the revised version of the TARP bailout bill (with extra billions of dollars in pork to attract lawmakers’ votes – added [...]
Posted in Blogging, Economics, Foreign Elections, Markets, USA | Tagged Congress, credit crisis, financial markets, henry paulson, House of Representatives, John McCain, liveblogging, Paulson bailout, TARP, us economic crisis, US election 2008, us treasury, USA Election 2008, Wall Street |
By Kim on October 1, 2008
[I'm borrowing the pun from Michael Bérubé] In the absence of any more “game changing” impulsive madness from Walnuts, all eyes will probably be on the Veeps debate on Friday – although our friends in the House Republicans or more [...]
Posted in Foreign Elections, USA | Tagged Culture Wars, debates, financial markets, GOP, John McCain, mainstream media, Michael Bérubé, Paulson bailout, political strategy, postmodern politics, Rebecca Traister, sarah palin, TARP, US election 2008, USA Election 2008, vice presidential debate, Wall Street |
By Kim on September 30, 2008
The Nancy Pelosi speech that made the Republicans cry: Context in this post about the Congressional rejection of TARP.
Posted in Economics, Foreign Elections, Markets, USA | Tagged Bush administration, credit crisis, financial markets, George W. Bush, GOP, henry paulson, House Democrats, House Republicans, Nancy Pelosi, Paulson bailout, TARP, US election 2008, USA Election 2008, Wall Street |
By Kim on September 26, 2008
It only gets more surreal. You can read about the latest at Crooks & Liars and Firedoglake. None of this is about the economy. It’s about rescuing McCain’s campaign, not Wall Street. But reportedly McCain’s “help” comes down to supporting [...]
Posted in Economics, Foreign Elections, Markets, USA | Tagged american election 2008, financial markets, GOP, henry paulson, John Boehmer, John McCain, Paulson bailout, Republicans, TARP, US election 2008, USA Election 2008, Wall Street |
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