U.S. Rep. Jeb Hensarling today pushed the Congressional Oversight Panel to investigate the Obama administration's deal to steer GM through bankruptcy. Hensarling, R-Dallas, is the only member of Congress on the panel, which watchdogs the $700 billion Troubled Asset...
Rep. Sam Johnson joined the chorus of outrage over $165 million in bonuses for AIG employees who were in part responsible for its near collapse. Johnson, a Republican from Plano, said those employees at the bailed-out insurance company should be...
Want to let Washington know how much you oppose bailouts? Rick Perry has just the way to do it. The Perry campaign points to a new website -- NoGovernmentBailouts.com. -- where people can do something about "bailout fever gripping the...
Gov. Rick Perry says if political rival Kay Bailey Hutchison wants to be a senator, she ought to stay in Washington. She was in Austin today speaking to a business and education group. The Senate is expected to hold some...
Interesting that Gov. Rick Perry is so dead-set against government bailouts, as we reported today, but he gave out millions in Texas taxpayer dollars to corporate predatory lenders who helped cause the economic crisis in the first place. Perry has...
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