Word: enronizing
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Enron controversy spreads to Harvard as Corporation member Herbert S. Pug Winokur ’64-’65 receives a subpoena from the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations for his connection with Enron’s collapse. He was then the chair of Enron’s finance committee...
...Gonzales holds influence as one of the top advisors to the president, providing advice on matters ranging fromjudicial appointments to e Enron investigation subpoenas to whether to hold military tribunals on al-Qaeda captives...
Gonzales has also shielded the Bush administration from investigations, most notably in his strong attempts to block the General Accounting Office from acquiring documents regarding Vice President Cheney’s connections to Enron...
...Angeles to take further measures to protect--or hide, depending on your point of view--their assets. But it is also prompting new scrutiny of their corporate structures and raising questions about who should be held accountable for the sins of the fathers. "They act no different than Enron," says Miami attorney Ron Weil, who has pursued scores of sexual-abuse cases. "It's a very transparent effort to insulate themselves from liability...
...major portions of the Bush tax cut (prominent Democrats like Tom Daschle and Dick Gephardt have criticized the tax cut but stopped short of taking action against it). The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, which Lieberman chairs, issued the first congressional subpoenas to the Bush Administration, demanding records about its Enron dealings. Lieberman critics say the move was long overdue; it shook loose documents showing far more contacts than had been disclosed...