Top bailed-out firms have money for lobbying »
Posted By rumple4skin 7 months, 3 weeks ago in NewsWASHINGTON (AP) - The top 10 recipients of the government's $700 billion financial bailout spent about $9.5 million on federal lobbying during the first three months of the year.
The biggest spender -General Motors Corp.,spending $2.8 million in the first quarter of 2009. AIG Citigroup Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. - more than $1 million
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Journalists/reporters must have the right to keep their news sources confidential.
A Broadcast Doctrine law must be initiated to end foreign ownership of broadcast ...
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Charlson7 months, 3 weeks ago
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Open letter to Obama: Wall Street needs a house cleaning and all the failed executives have to go. They won't ever get it. That the American public is fed up with how pampered and privileged they are besides being monumental failures.
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beavith17 months, 3 weeks ago
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did you benefit when the value of your house went up? did you refinance, based on that growth in value, to buy yourself some goodies?
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well... you're part of the problem too.
after we guillotine the rich fat cat bastids, let's take out all those folks that overextended themselves to drive this bubble and cut off their wienies too.
let's try and break up that mob menatality. most of us still have jobs and haven't overextended ourselves. -
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