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Bush: 'Congress has failed to act'
The Swampby Mark Silva "Congress has failed to act.'' That's President Bush's assessment across a broad array of issues awaiting the return of the Congress from recess next week. Be it war funding, or the Colombia Free Trade Agreement or a......Tags: Economic Organization, Federal Reserve, State Budgets, Armed Conflicts, Contracts
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McCain challenges Obama on adviser
The Swampby Mark Silva John McCain's supporters heard a frontal assault on the Republican candidate for president in Barack Obama's appearance in North Carolina today, and McCain is returning fire in an interview this afternoon with FOX News. McCain takes aim........Tags: Barack Obama, State Budgets, Mortgages, Corporate Officers, Political Candidates
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Obama: no need to 'vet the vetters'
The Swampby John McCormick ST. LOUIS - Sen. Barack Obama said today that he does not think there is a need to "vet the vetters," as he stood by a member of his vice presidential search committee who has come under......Tags: Barack Obama, John McCain, Countrywide Financial Corp., Mortgages, Management Change
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Obama: Stepping in your message
Spin CycleStories over the weekend report that Jim Johnson (left), the Democratic insider who is supervising Obama's vice-presidential search, received loans totalling about $7 million on favorable terms because he was a friend of Angelo Mozilo (right), the...Tags: Countrywide Financial Corp., Hillary Clinton
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Obama, McCain's ties to Fannie Mae
The SwampBarack Obama's taking serious heat for his reliance on former Fannie Mae CEO James Johnson to vet potential vice presidential prospects. Obama has presented himself as an outsider and a Washington change agent and Johnson, whose favorable loan deals...Tags: Barack Obama, Mortgages, National Government, Political Candidates, Government
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Obama veep vetter quits
The SwampJim Johnson on Capitol Hill, Monday, June 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) by Mike Dorning Updated An embattled member of Barack Obama's vice presidential search team quit today following criticism of favorable loans he received from a subprime.......Tags: Barack Obama, Corporate Officers, Mortgages, Housing and Urban Planning, Political Candidates
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Obama hobbled by veep-choice vetter
The Swampby Frank James Sen. Barack Obama has a real problem on his hands so long as James A. Johnson runs his vice presidential search. As long as Johnson, the consummate Washington insider who allegedly got low-interest rate mortgage loans as......Tags: Jeremiah Wright, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Mortgages, Housing and Urban Planning
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Obama: McCain offers more of Bush
The Swampby John McCormick RALEIGH, N.C. - Sen. Barack Obama says he feels your pain. With Americans stressed by $4-per-gallon gasoline and locked in a deeply depressed housing slump, the presumptive Democratic nominee launched a two-week tour Monday to focus on.....Tags: Jimmy Carter, Barack Obama, Government Health Care, State Budgets, Corporate Officers
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Lobbyists: More legs on Johnson story
Spin CycleWe have viewed the skirmishing over Obama vice-presidential vetter James Johnson's ties to a sub-prime lender as unlikely to do any serious damage, but two new reports today give the story some new legs. First, the New York Times......Tags: Lobbying, Primaries, Washington Post Co., CEO Pay, Newspapers
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Obama v.p. list includes ex-military brass
The Swampby Mike Dorning Barack Obama's vice presidential search team is considering former military leaders among potential choices, said a senator who spoke with the vetting team today. Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), who met with members of the Obama vice...Tags: James Jones (football), Armed Forces, Barack Obama, Public Officials, Kent Conrad
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Economy's job losses meet expectations
The Swampby Frank James It was a bad news, good news morning for economy watchers. The bad news was that the economy shed 62,000 jobs in June, the sixth straight month in which employers cut their payrolls. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate......Tags: Economic Policy, State Budgets, Prices, Mortgages, National Government
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Bernanke's not so mighty pen
The Swamp(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) by Frank James You have to give it to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. He may be one of the nation's most powerful men but no fancy shmancy Mont Blanc pen for him, at......Tags: Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, Freddie Mac
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