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wethepeoplefoundation.org — An emergency appeal challenging a ruling by the U.S. District Court in Albany denying two requests for emergency injunctions to halt the Wall Street bailouts was filed today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Manhattan. As the bailout crisis evolved rapidly over the last ten days, We The People Foundation Chairman Bob Schulz fil
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WASHINGTON — Key lawmakers who struck a post-midnight deal on a $700 billion bailout for the financial industry predicted Sunday it would pass Congress, putting in place the largest U.S. government intervention in markets since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
Flexing its political muscle, Congress insisted on a package that gives lawmakers a stronger hand in controlling the money than the Bush administration had wanted.
The rescue plan casts Washington's long shadow over Wall Street with the federal government taking over huge amounts of devalued assets from beleaguered financial firms in exchange for more oversight.
Under the plan, lawmakers could block half the money and force the president to jump through some hoops before using it all. The government could get at $250 billion immediately, $100 billion more if the president certified it was necessary, and the last $350 billion with a
Follow the money:
From Open Secrets.org , here are the contributions to the two status quo presidential candidates from the financial industry sector:
Barack Obama
Goldman Sachs $691,930
Citigroup Inc $448,599
JPMorgan Chase & Co $442,919
Lehman Brothers $370,524
Morgan Stanley $318,070
John McCain
Merrill Lynch $298,413
Citigroup Inc $269,251
Morgan Stanley $233,272
Goldman Sachs $208,395
JPMorgan Chase & Co $179,975
Credit Suisse Group $150,025
Bank of America $129,475
Wachovia Corp $122,846
Lehman Brothers $117,500
Bear Stearns $99,300
Pinnacle West Capital $97,700
Also from Open Secrets.org , here are top 20 recipients in Congress from the financial industry. 11 Democrats and 9 Republicans and look who is #1:
1. Obama, Barack (D) Senate $10,059,210
2. Clinton, Hillary (D-NY) Senate $7,355,720
3. McCain, John (R) Senate $7,029,893
4. Giuliani, Rudolph W (R)$5,038,745
5. Romney, Mitt (R)$4,884,137
6. Dodd, Christopher J (D-CT) Senate $2,932,532
7. Richardson, Bill (D)$912,200
8. Edwards, John (D)$781,395
9. Warner, Mark (D-VA)$671,483
10. Coleman, Norm (R-MN) Senate $626,850
11. McConnell, Mitch (R-KY) Senate $620,236
12. Emanuel, Rahm (D-IL) House $600,500
13. Sununu, John E (R-NH) Senate $595,650
14. Baucus, Max (D-MT) Senate $547,500
15. Durbin,(D-IL) Senate $515,475
16. Thompson, Fred (R)$492,205
17. Biden, Joseph R Jr (D-DE) Senate $432,450
18. Lautenberg, Frank R (D-NJ) Senate $424,233
19. Himes, Jim (D-CT)$393,254
20. Shays, Christopher (R-CT) House $362,720
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