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Thursday, February 4, 2010

Politics / Money Murray vs. Geithner

Posted by Eli Sanders on Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 11:22 AM

As promised, Washington Senator Patty Murray spent a good amount of time this morning getting in the face of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner—complaining about the "bonus-as-usual mentality" on Wall Street, declaring herself "pretty angry," and talking about her proposal to funnel $30 billion to struggling community banks (audio here).

As for whether Murray's miffed that her community bank proposal has been trumpeted by President Obama (in the State of the Union) and by Sen. Maria Cantwell (on Tuesday) without always being presented as Murray's idea, Murray spokesman Matt McAlvanah said in an e-mail:

She is very encouraged that there is now a consensus building that we have to act now to assist community banks and get them lending again so small businesses can expand and hire.

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SENATOR MURRAY: "Oh noes, Timmy! Our kleptocracy is at stake!!1!"

Posted by Original Andrew on February 4, 2010 at 11:52 AM

How does the return on TARP investment in the banks compare with the return on bailing out the GSE's and automakers?

Posted by john cocktosin on February 4, 2010 at 12:25 PM

Where was Patty Murray when Congress was handing over trillions to banks and Wall Street? Has this just become an issue for her now that the people have shown how pissed off they are with the DemoCRAPS and voted for Scott Brown? Too little, too late, bitch.

Posted by dgoface on February 4, 2010 at 3:22 PM