washingtonpost.com - 7/1/2009
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After Call From Senator Inouye’s Office, Small Hawaii
Bank Got U.S. Aid Central Pacific Financial, Hawaii's fourth-largest...
bank, was approved for $135 million in bailout funds shortly after Senator Daniel Inouye's (D-Hawaii) office made a call to the ...
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Hawaii Dem Linked to Questionable Bank Bailout
Breaking News: CBS News —
... Insurance Corporation about Central Pacific's application, but denied trying to influence any decision. He didn't mention whether the aide contacted regulators at his request. Such involvement wouldn't violate Senate rules, the report cites experts as saying. The FDIC and Treasury said the decision to bail out the bank was not related to the communication with Inouye's office, according to the report. The story was worked on jointly by ProPublica and the Washington Post. It appeared in the Post Wednesday .
Rules are for little people
The Cranky Professor —
Even if Inouye [(D, Hawaii)] were directly involved, it would not violate the rules the Senate sets for itself, experts said.
Of course not! Rules are for little people.
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