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November 19, 2008 Maloney backs Towns for Oversight post
...Maloney said. Maloney’s yielding essentially makes any Oversight race a two-person contest between Towns and Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), who is just below Maloney on the panel. Through his office, Cummings has expressed his interest, and is an activ
November 19, 2008 Maloney backs Towns for Oversight post
Maloneyâs yielding essentially makes any Oversight race a two-person contest between Towns and Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), who is just below Maloney on ...
November 18, 2008 Maryland, Virginia Eligible for $20M in Crab Disaster Relief
Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., said the blue crab is one of Maryland's greatest symbols and the funds are critical for watermen and processors, ...
November 18, 2008 Obama snags Hill insider for White House team
When Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., had a few picks he wanted to send Obama, he dialed "Phil." Schiliro told him to get the relevant resumes to him and John ...
November 17, 2008 For once, Congress heard as voters protested bailout plan
People see their tax dollars spent bailing out financial institutions, and they themselves are not doing well," said Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., ...
November 17, 2008 Cummings on short list for Government Reform chairmanship
Y.) doesn't get the spot, members on the short list include US Reps. Paul Kanjorski (D-Pa.), Carolyn Maloney (DN.Y.) and Elijah Cummings (D-Baltimore). ...
November 17, 2008 Congress Grills Hedge Fund Titans, Gently
...table of a packed House hearing room, sat the nation's -- maybe the world's -- five most highly compensated individuals. Rep. Elijah Cummings, a veteran Baltimore politico, sized the five up. John Paulson, James Simons, Philip Falcone, George Soros, and
Source: AlterNet.org
November 16, 2008 Discovering Kucinich: The House Bailout Hearing
Democrat Elijah Cummings asked Kashkari how he felt aboutAIG âgiving $503 million in bonuses with one hand while accepting $154 billionfrom hard-working ...
November 16, 2008 Fun With Bailout Hearings: Know Your Treasury Chumps
...clear from this monologue by Rep. Elijah Cummings that, when he wonders aloud if Neel Kashkari, interim assistant secretary of the Treasury for financial stability, is a “chump” for enabling companies like AIG to hand out huge executive bonuses whil
November 15, 2008 Bruising battle is ahead to lead energy committee
...shares our commitment to solving this problem,” Dingell said in the letter. Waxman, meanwhile, has been endorsed by Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland, another member of the Congressional Black Caucus, who is “campaigning hard” within the 43-member
Source: Houston Chronicle
November 14, 2008 House hearing puts spotlight on murky world of hedge funds
...at 15 percent, while teachers, firefighters and other ordinary Americans pay much higher rates on their income. Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., asked, "Is that fair? So Joe the Plumber is being taxed at a higher rate than Joe" the hedge fund manager?
Source: Austin American-Statesman
November 14, 2008 CEOs Of Failed Companies Collecting Fat Paychecks
"They were getting their manicures, their facials, their pedicures, while American people were footing the bill," says US Rep. Elijah Cummings, a Maryland ...
November 14, 2008 Will execs at AIG ever grasp reality?
US Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., said he had been promised by AIG CEO Edward Liddy that the company would stop such "junkets." "They came to us and said they ...
November 14, 2008 Lawmakers Grill Kashkari on Changes in TARP Plan
"This administration wants to privatize Wall Street's gains and socialize Wall Street's losses," said Rep. Elijah Cummings (D., Md.). ...
November 14, 2008 Lawmakers Grill Kashkari on TARP
...consumers. "This administration wants to privatize Wall Street's gains and socialize Wall Street's losses," said Rep. Elijah Cummings (D., Md.). Mr. Kashkari said Treasury continues to focus on the foreclosure issue and said Mr. Paulson is "passionate"
Source: Wall Street Journal
November 14, 2008 House committee grills hedge fund managers
demanded Rep. Elijah Cummings, a Maryland Democrat. Marcy Gordon of The Associated Press and Joshua Boak of the Chicago Tribune contributed to this report. ...
November 14, 2008 GOP Senators to Detroit: Drop Dead ... ?
By Friday afternoon, Representative Elijah Cummings (D-Maryland) was on MSNBC to talk about his grilling of Neel Kashkari, the Treasury official who ...
November 14, 2008 Lawmakers Blast Shifts In Bailout Plan
Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., said "it makes no sense" if Treasury isnât working to save people from being thrown out of their houses: Cummings: "My people ...
November 14, 2008 Waxman's Challenge to Dingell Divides House Democrats (Update1)
Waxman, meanwhile, has been endorsed by Representative Elijah Cummings of Maryland, another member of the Congressional Black Caucus, who is ``campaigning ...
November 14, 2008 Bipartisan Fuming at Bailout Over Foreclosures
Rep. Elijah Cummings, R-Md, told Kashkari the TARP needs to be used more immediately and argued that the various voluntary programs for loan originators to ...
November 14, 2008 Rep. Cummings asks, âIs Kashkari a chump?â
By Satyam Khanna at 5:38 pm In a hearing today, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) excoriated âbailout czarâ Neil Kashkari after reports emerged saying that AIG ...
November 14, 2008 House hearing puts spotlight on murky world of hedge funds
...at 15 percent, while teachers, firefighters and other ordinary Americans pay much higher rates on their income. Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., asked, "Is that fair? So Joe the Plumber is being taxed at a higher rate than Joe" the hedge fund manager?
Source: Austin American-Statesman
November 14, 2008 Selling Them Short
...tax rate than many schoolteachers, firefighters -- or even plumbers -- pay." The audience chuckled. "Jesus Christ!" Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) bellowed when his turn came to make the same point. "The median hourly earnings for a plumber -- we've been
Source: The Washington Post
November 13, 2008 Why Feds Shouldn't Regulate Insurance, Nor Own Insurers
Elijah Cummings is my Congressman, at least since the last gerrymander. (Hey, give him credit, he voted against the bailout.) I have interacted with many ...
November 13, 2008 [Hedgies v Waxman] Hedgie hearing tag cloud
... a known chain smoker, excuses himself likely to go have a smoke 1:26 pm | Question of Fairness: Representative Elijah Cummings, Democrat of Maryland, ...
November 13, 2008 UPDATE: Hedge Fund Taxation Resurfaces At US House Hearing
Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., said, "I hope we can correct this injustice once and for all next year." Waxman, whose panel does not have jurisdiction over ...
November 13, 2008 Hedge fund execs' views on oversight vary
...teachers, firefighters and other ordinary Americans pay much higher rates as income taxes. "Is that fair?" demanded Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md. "So Joe the Plumber is being taxed at a higher rate than Joe" the hedge fund manager? Fund manager John Pau
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
November 13, 2008 Hedge fund execs have mixed views on oversight
...while teachers, firefighters and other ordinary Americans pay much higher rates as income taxes. "Is that fair?" demanded Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md. "So Joe the Plumber is being taxed at a higher rate than Joe" the hedge fund manager? Fund manager John
Source: Boston Herald
November 13, 2008 Congress to Billionaires: Where Did We Go Wrong?
...amidst the tempestuous global economy, and the panel had mostly praise and curiosity for the five. Tough questions were rare. Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., raised the issue of the men's billion-dollar-plus incomes last year. "That is a staggering amount
November 12, 2008 UMBC students see efforts pay off in Obama's victory
Hargadon, whose uncle, Republican candidate Michael Hargadon lost to US Rep. Elijah Cummings in a race for the District 7 House of Representatives seat, ...
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