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.
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.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Many U.S. companies pleading poverty to receive bailout funds were simultaneously spending millions of dollars on lobbying, a records review indicates.
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.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- President-elect Barack Obama called Sunday for a retooling of the federal government's $700 billion bailout of the U.S. financial industry.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- In a satirical move, Mardi Gras festivities in hurricane-battered New Orleans featured a Blue Tarp Costume Show Monday, a symbol of the city's reconstruction.
