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Published 1/13/2009 by bernhard.warner at The Big Money

It looks as if president-elect Barack Obama will get his $350 billion , the remaining half of the TARP fund yet to be spent, the New York Times reports this morning. Despite growing hostility from many Democrat and Republican lawmakers, the second tranche of the $700 bailout is expected to pass its first vote in the Senate today. read more (link)

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