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  • July 2008

    • Tab for Fannie, Freddie Bailout Pegged at $25B

      newser  |  MarketWatch  |  Jul 22, 08 12:39 PM CDT

      Tab for Fannie, Freddie Bailout Pegged at $25B

      A federal bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will cost $25 billion, the Congressional Budget Office said today, but there’s a better than 50% chance no rescue will be needed. The plan sought by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson would extend an unlimited line of credit to the government-sponsored enterprises for the next 18 months, MarketWatch reports. More »

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      Henry Paulson  • Fannie Mae  • Freddie Mac  • Treasury Department  • Department of the Treasury  • Congressional Budget Office  • rescue package

  • May 2008

    • US Money Discriminates Against Blind, Court Rules

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  May 20, 08 1:30 PM CDT

      US Money Discriminates Against Blind, Court Rules

      A federal appellate court agreed today with a lower court’s ruling that the US must change its paper money to accommodate the blind, who are unable to tell the current, single-size bills apart, the Washington Post reports. The court ruled that the bills violate the Federal Rehabilitation Act, rejecting Treasury's argument that the blind could get along on assistance from others. More »

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      money  • Henry Paulson  • discrimination  • currency  • Treasury Department  • blindness  • Department of the Treasury

  • April 2008

    • Bush Sees Rebate Checks Offsetting 'Slowdown'

      newser  |  Bloomberg  |  Apr 25, 08 5:11 PM CDT

      Bush Sees Rebate Checks Offsetting 'Slowdown'

      Again steering clear of the R-word, President Bush said today that the tax rebates scheduled to be distributed starting next week will "give our economy a boost to help us pull out of this economic slowdown," Bloomberg reports. More »

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      George W. Bush  • US economy  • taxes  • IRS  • economic stimulus package  • weakening economy  • Department of the Treasury  • check

    • First Tax Rebates Go Out Monday

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Apr 24, 08 2:51 PM CDT

      First Tax Rebates Go Out Monday

      Treasury is putting its rebate money where its mouth is—ahead of schedule, Reuters reports, with the first wave of checks going out Monday. “We're a little bit ahead of schedule, so we will start right on Monday with direct deposits," Henry Paulson tells Reuters. The Treasury secretary is happy to get cash into Americans’ pockets a little quicker, in order to stave off worsening economic conditions. More »

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      gas prices  • housing crisis  • Henry Paulson  • economic stimulus  • stimulus package  • tax rebate  • Department of the Treasury

  • March 2008

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