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GOP warns against TARP spending

Dec. 8, 2009
Republicans don't want excess TARP funds to be used for anything besides reducing the debt.
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First Niagara to pay off TARP funds

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Hearing to focus on TARP waste prevention

WASHINGTON, March 6 (UPI) -- Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, says he wants the U.S. Treasury Department to explain its efforts to prevent waste and abuse of federal bailout funds for banks.

GAO says TARP transparency lagging

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. Government Accountability Office Friday said the Treasury Department is improving the transparency of its massive Troubled Asset Relief Program.

New House members oppose TARP

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- A House vote Thursday on the release of the second half of the federal financial industry bailout drew no votes from many in the chamber's freshman class.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch