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The House: Madoff Fraud Allegations

January 5, 2009

Today the House held a so-called hearing on the Madoff Ponzi scheme.  The Financial Services Committee met at 2:00 p.m. to question witnesses about the SEC and how it could have overlooked the Ponzi scheme that had been red flagged off and on since 1989.
Bernie Madoff’s firm, one among some 11,000, had never been scrutinized [...]

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The House Gave the President a BIG Going Away Gift: FISA

June 20, 2008

Well, it’s now up to the Senate to preserve our rights.  The House compromised away most of what we thought the Democrats would stand for today.  In doing so, it is safe to say that they made the President smile, and any time Bush smiles these days you know he has successfully taken another cookie [...]

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