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  Washington Antics Dismay Britain's Conservatives The annual conference of Britain's hopeful opposition party is overshadowed and unsettled by Congress Read More... Posted Oct 01 2008, 07:00 AM by TIME.com: Top World Stories Feeds Filed under: congress, opposition party

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  Bush’s Legacy Of Squandering Taxpayer Money Yesterday, President Bush announced his $700 billion plan to buy out troubled financial institutions. Demanding enormous faith in his administration’s stewardship, the plan “would place no restrictions on the administration other than requiring... Posted Sep 21 2008, 11:32 AM by Think Progress Feeds Filed under: president bush, amp, congress, mortgage debt, semiannual reports, financial institutions, treasury secretary, unprecedented power, enormous faith, stewardship

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  Boehner: Treasury’s Bailout Package Should Help Only Wall Street, Not Main Street Congress and the administration are currently in negotiations over a $700 billion legislative package to relieve financial institutions of their bad mortgage-based assets. At issue is to what extent the package should also aid Americans facing foreclosures... Posted Sep 21 2008, 09:21 AM by Think Progress Feeds Filed under: amp, congress, wall street, assets, financial institutions, legislative package, negotiations, mortgage foreclosures, extent

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  Colombia trade pact dispute spills into Californians' laps A visiting delegation to Washington that includes L.A. Mayor Villaraigosa hears dueling, accusatory speeches by Pelosi, U.S. trade envoy over stalled free trade agreement. A morning breakfast briefing for a delegation of Southern California business and... Posted Apr 16 2008, 08:48 AM by L.A. Times - World News Feeds Filed under: speeches, congress, mayor villaraigosa, delegation, war of words, bitter war, southern california business, free trade agreement, morning breakfast, government officials

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  Schumer: ‘The President Is Indeed Behaving Like Herbert Hoover’ As the economy spirals downward into what many economists view is already a recession, President Bush delivered a speech this week expressing confidence “in the ability of the markets” to turn it around. In 1930, as the U.S economy was sinking... Posted Mar 16 2008, 08:04 AM by Think Progress Feeds Filed under: president bush, amp, congress, recession, economy, economists view, herbert hoover, economic depression, confidence, president herbert hoover