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...sleeves and do some serious problem solving with the school committee,” she said. “And there will be times when we don’t see eye to eye but the outcome will be the best for kids.” Young, the last speaker, is the current Newton Public Schools Superintendent. He said one of the aspects of the Cambridge community that excited him was its potential to form many partnerships with local universities and businesses, although he added that he valued “quality over quantity.”He also emphasized...
...Democrat Barney Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, echoed those concerns, arguing that pursuing restitution by other means was preferable. House Ways and Means Chairman Charlie Rangel also opposed using the tax code "as a political weapon" until the Speaker sat on him to write the legislation passed Thursday in the House. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus defended his measure, saying that by expanding the pool of bonus recipients to all institutions that have received $100 million from the government, the legislation would likely survive judicial challenge. "We've pushed the constitutional question pretty hard with constitutional...
...House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said she'd like to see the matter resolved by the end of next week, though Senate Republicans already blocked a vote on Baucus's bill this week. "Other senators need time to consider the bill," Jon Kyl, the third-ranking Republican in the Senate, said on the Senate floor. "The public ought to have a right to review this legislation to make sure it doesn't have any additional loopholes or unintended consequences...
...rest of the political élite who lined up Monday to share their outrage are rather powerless to act. If AIG failed, almost all experts agree, the damage to the entire financial system would be horrific. So the leadership has little to do but posture. "Unconscionable," said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. "Outrageous," said her Republican counterpart, John Boehner. Senator Chris Dodd, chair of the banking committee that failed to regulate AIG, called on the executives to "voluntarily" forgo their bonuses. The best the government looks able to do is insist on some tough new pay restrictions going forward before giving...
...picture is further complicated by a third reformist candidate, former parliament speaker Mehdi Karroubi, who may not agree to step aside. In the 2005 election, similar attempts to settle on a single candidate to run against Ahmadinejad faltered, in part because Karroubi insisted on staying in that race...