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NEWS ABOUT: Phil Gramm

Phil Gramm stories: 12 news summaries
OPINION

25 People Responsible
for the Crisis

Greenspan, King, and Clinton all played a role, the Guardian writes

Jan 26, 09 3:25 PM CST
(Newser) - The current recession is a wholly man-made phenomenon, the Guardian reminds us, and they’ve got the names of those responsible. Here are four from their list of 25:
  • Alan Greenspan: Fed chair for 19 years, Greenspan kept interest rates low as the housing bubble developed, backed subprime lending
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Bill Clinton • Alan Greenspan • credit market • Bank of England • Standard and Poor • Mervyn King • George W. Bush • Phil Gramm • financial crisis • recession depression

ANALYSIS

Ex-Sen. Gramm Sticks to
His Guns on Deregulation

Republican touts benefits of subprime loans, credit-default swaps as critics cry foul

Nov 17, 08 10:29 AM CST
(Newser) - While some experts argue his work contributed to the economic meltdown, former senator Phil Gramm stands by his efforts to deregulate the lending and financial sectors, the New York Times reports. “There is this idea afloat that if you had more regulation you would have fewer mistakes,” Gramm... More »

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Congress • Senate • free markets • economy • Phil Gramm • deregulation • financial crisis

ANALYSIS

McCain, Aides Often
Part Ways on Policy

Politico documents the differences

Jul 31, 08 2:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Much has been made recently of John McCain’s difficulty in driving a message from his “eclectic and occasionally politically inconvenient hodgepodge of policy positions,” Politico says, but little has been said about how often the candidate’s top aides disagree with him. And while fewer public disagreements... More »

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climate change • John McCain • health insurance • tax cuts • No Child Left Behind • Carly Fiorina • Phil Gramm • Douglas Holtz-Eakin

analysis

Gramm Guilty
of Sparking Subprime Mess

Ex-senator still has clout despite dire deregulation

Jul 26, 08 5:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Former Senator Phil Gramm helped create the subprime meltdown, yet faces no punishment—and could even become treasury secretary if John McCain wins in November, David Corn writes in Mother Jones. Eight years ago, a Gramm bill stopped the feds from regulating insurance policies that protected Wall Street securities. These... More »

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John McCain • Treasury Department • Enron • subprime crisis • Phil Gramm

 Did McCain
 Dupe Novak
 on VP Pick? 

Columnist suspects he was played to rain on Obama's parade

Jul 23, 08 4:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Conservative columnist Robert Novak triggered a frenzy of speculation that John McCain was about to announce his choice for runningmate just as Barack Obama was grabbing favorable headlines on his trip to Iraq. Novak now believes he may have been manipulated in a tactic to steal attention by the McCain... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Valerie Plame • Robert Novak • Phil Gramm

 Gramm Quits
 McCain
 Campaign 

Besieged adviser refuses to be a 'distraction'

Jul 18, 08 8:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - After a week of fallout from his gripe that Americans are "whiners," Phil Gramm stepped down today as John McCain's national co-chair, Politico reports. "It is clear to me that Democrats want to attack me,” Gramm said. The “distraction hurts not only Senator McCain… it... More »

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John McCain • resignation • recession • Election 2008 • Phil Gramm • campaign shakeup

OPINION

'Venal' Phil Gramm No Big Loss to McCain Camp

'Nation of whiners' quote simply the latest in a long string of bad moves

Jul 15, 08 8:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - "Nation of whiners” adviser Phil Gramm was simply an "accident waiting to happen" for the McCain campaign, writes Max Blumenthal in Huffington Post. Blumenthal runs down the “reactionary, venal and destructive” senator’s foibles—which run from enabling Enron to investing in porn. Gramm “left a... More »

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John McCain • gay rights • pornography • white supremacism • Enron • subprime crisis • Phil Gramm • Whinergate • NEA

 Mac Pushes Gramm 
 Into the Background 

Economic adviser ripped for 'whiners' comment won't appear with candidate

Jul 14, 08 7:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain’s camp has considered Phil Gramm persona non grata since he called Americans "whiners" in a "mental recession" last week, the Washington Post reports. One adviser says he hasn’t spoken to the former senator, a confidante of the Republican on economic matters, “since the... More »

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John McCain • gaffe • Carly Fiorina • Phil Gramm • Whinergate

OPINION

 Gramm's Got It: 
 We Are Whining 

He's talking real economics–not 'campaign econ'

Jul 12, 08 12:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - When John McCain aide Phil Gramm said America is in a “mental recession,” not a real one, he was speaking with much-needed honesty and accuracy, Amity Shlaes writes in the Washington Post. Gramm has faced an avalanche of bad press for speaking candidly rather than from the perspective... More »

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John McCain • recession • Election 2008 • economy • Phil Gramm

Gramm in Doghouse After 'Nation of Whiners' Crack

Top McCain adviser in trouble with candidate, claims he was misquoted

Jul 10, 08 4:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - After Phil Gramm, a ranking economic adviser to John McCain, described America as a “nation of whiners” suffering from a “mental recession,” the campaign trail is lit up over the topic, Time reports:
  • From McCain himself, “Phil Gramm does not speak for me. I speak
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Barack Obama • John McCain • recession • Belarus • Dr Phil • Phil Gramm

ANALYSIS

McCain Insider: Economic Woes Merely 'Mental Recession'

Phil Gramm calls US
a 'nation of whiners'

Jul 10, 08 12:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - One of John McCain’s top economic confidantes said yesterday the country is in a “mental recession” and the US has “become a nation of whiners,” constantly “complaining about … America in decline.” The Democratic National Committee moved quickly to condemn Phil Gramm’s remarks—... More »

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John McCain • recession • gaffe • blue-collar vote • DNC • Phil Gramm

Economy's Woes Put McCain Advisers in Spotlight

Brain trust's credentials questioned in economic slump

Apr 2, 08 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain's choice of economic advisers is stirring up controversy, the Washington Post reports. Phil Gramm is vice-chairman of troubled UBS and oversaw widespread deregulation as chair of the Senate Banking Committee in the late 1990s, and Carly Fiorina was publicly ousted as CEO of Hewlett-Packard. In the current economic... More »

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John McCain • Carly Fiorina • McCain 2008 • economic adviser • economy • Phil Gramm

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