When banks abuse their bailout funds, the Obama administration takes action: A Treasury Department official on Monday called Citigroup, which has received $45 billion in bailout capital from the government, to protest plans to accept delivery on a luxurious $50 million corporate jet made in France. [SNIP] The Treasury official called the bank to complain […]
Fells like DejaVu A flier from a group called Vietnam Veterans Against John McCain accuses the Republican presidential hopeful of betraying other American prisoners of war to save himself while he was held captive in Vietnam. The flier has been distributed in South Carolina, according to the campaign, which had obtained a copy from a […]
So how do the Democrats respond when it is one of their own in a criminal investigation? Simple: Add political banishment to the list of problems confronting Rep. William Jefferson (news, bio, voting record), ensnared in a bribery scandal that fellow Democrats hope to turn to their election-year advantage. “Democrats are determined to hold a […]