by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 26, 2010 | Blog
Finance/Insurance/Real Estate 2010 election cycle so far: $$85,064,470. (2008 cycle: $476 million, 2006, $260 million) Lobbying: $336.9 million in 2009; $459,8 million in 2008. Loans Commercial banks September 2009 $6.537 trillion; September 2008, $6.942 trillion;...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 22, 2010 | Blog
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on PBS late Thursday said that President Obama doesn't really want to break up the banks. But one of the authors of a report that looks at the impact of increased consolidation in the banking sector says that Geithner's resistance...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 21, 2010 | Blog
It does not matter whether today's pronouncement on financial reform by President Obama was prompted by Tuesday's election disaster in Massachusetts or was a long-building unleashing of his inner populist. What matters is the potential for real White House leadership...
