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...over the past few years, from GOP superlobbyist Jack Abramoff to Representative Duke Cunningham, both Obama and Republican nominee John McCain tried to outdo each other with their pledges to rid Washington of the notorious pet projects that legislators slip into spending bills. Obama, who authored 2007 legislation to overhaul congressional ethics rules governing lobbying and earmarks, runs a real credibility risk when he makes exceptions to his own rules. He was already heavily criticized in the first weeks of his Administration for doing just that with respect to some appointees whose lobbying records technically violated the White House...
...concede privately that the corruption issue has hurt him. Perhaps that's why he recently warned supporters who have benefited from the oil boom that "this isn't a revolution of Hummers." As for the soaring crime rate, Chávez says that a major overhaul of the police and judiciary is coming. He'll have to hope that's enough to eke out a victory in a few days' time. "We will recognize the result, as we always have, whatever it is," he said last week. And if it doesn't go his way, he may just keep trying...
...Treasury has too much to do. It will delay talking about its new overhaul for banks until Tuesday while it works with Congress to help finalize a new stimulus package which may have a $800 billion price tag. It also has to prepare plans for how it will work with the Fed and FDIC to pull the financial system back together...
...Treasury has too much to do. It will delay talking about its new overhaul for banks until Tuesday while it works with Congress to help finalize a new stimulus package which may have a $800 billion price tag. It also has to prepare plans for how it will work with the Fed and FDIC to pull the financial system back together. (See who's who in Barack Obama's White House...
Amazon today unveiled Kindle 2, the next iteration of its pioneering e-reader. While fans clamoring for a radical overhaul will doubtless be disappointed - the first-gen Kindle was awkwardly designed and limited by its black-type-on-gray E-Ink display - Amazon has given the device a modest redesign that appears to address some of its more glaring problems. (See the top 10 gadgets...