WashingtonWatch.com Cited in Congressional Testimony
Posted by Jim Harper
This morning the House Committee on Government Oversight and Reform had a hearing entitled “The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: The Role of State and Local Governments.”
We’re just delighted to see that one of the witnesses, David Robinson, Associate Director of the Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton University, has cited WashingtonWatch.com [...]
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Bailout Oversight Totally Lacking
Posted by Jim Harper
Six weeks since Congress approved the financial services bailout legislation, the administration has committed $290 billion of the $700 billion Congress gave it to work with.
Originally intended for purchasing troubled mortgage assets, it has instead been used to purchase shares of troubled firms, and it may soon be used for automakers and heaven [...]
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