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Did Harry Reid Protect AIG?

He Was the Senior Man 'In The Room,' And He's Not Talking

By: Brian Faughnan (Diary)  |  March 20th, 2009 at 09:19 PM  | 

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We at Red State have pointed out several times that while Chris Dodd agreed to insert an amendment into the stimulus bill to protect AIG bonuses, he was not in position to do so. Chris Dodd was not a Member of the conference committee that drafted the final version of the bill – the only one that had protection for AIG. The Democrats on the conference committee locked the Republicans out of the process and wrote the bill themselves. No Republican supported the conference report; no Republican signed it (look on the final page of the conference report here).

The Democrat conferees were Daniel Inouye, Max Baucus, Harry Reid, Dave Obey, Charlie Rangel, and Henry Waxman. One (or more) of them allowed Dodd to make the change.

So who was it?

Harry Reid needs to talk about his role in this. And so should Daniel Inouye, Max Baucus, Dave Obey, Charlie Rangel, and Henry Waxman. Each was responsible for the contents of the bill that the six of them drafted together.

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  • beanerecmo

    This is all a smokescreen by the real culprits in congress to keep the focus of the proletariat off them and the shenanigans that the Alinsky-aligned Maoists, Leninists and Marxists of the administration and congress are perpetuating on those of us who are responsible for our actions and debts and our progeny. The MSM do not have the integrity to put the klieg lights on those culprits. The congress and administration have been able to turn Americans on other Americans (private citizens) with threats and intimidation (bus tours through neighborhoods) with the aid of the MSM while diverting attention away from themselves. Yes, board members share some blame for wilting to the threats and intimidation of congress over taking on the sub-prime mortgage fiasco as well as paying out bonuses based on performance factors such as assets acquired, not how those assets performed. BUT, GET ANGRY AT THE ADMINISTRATION AND CONGRESS, not private citizens. BHO, Dodd, Frank, Waters, et al stopped stronger oversight regulation over the past 6 years. Focus your anger on the real culprits.

    • Rapunzel46

      by this congress passed HR 1388 the “Service” bill. Somehow we have to find a way to get past these smoke screens and stop this behind the screen stuff before we don’t have a country left to protect.