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...faculty also authorized Kagan to devise a possible plan for implementing the new grading scheme for current students. The Law School will hold a town hall meeting on Thursday for students to express their views on a transition phase...
...then McCain made his surprise announcement that the financial crisis was more important than politics, which was why he had to drag the entire circus of presidential politics into the middle of the delicate negotiations. Which seemed to blow up the moment he arrived in town. Conservative Republicans in the House had their own ideas for a bailout, including a suspension of capital-gains taxes, which made no sense as a response to a Wall Street free-fall - a capital-gains tax holiday would only encourage a bigger sell-off - but hey, conservative Republicans in the House really hate capital...
...worst thing that could be happening to this town," says Paul Real, director of the Hispanic ministry at St. Bridget's Catholic Church. "The streets are full of people that aren't working. The food pantry sees over 100 clients, when it used to see about...
...negotiations. Whether that will help or hurt progress depends on which party you ask. House Republicans Friday hailed McCain's leadership on Capitol Hill, arguing he had given them a voice after they had been all but ignored in the horsetrading earlier in the week. "McCain came into town and the message there that House Republicans are relevant, we're not going to roll the House Republicans, we're not going to gang up in House Republicans," said Spencer Bachus, a representative from Alabama who has been involved in some of the negotiations. Bachus said he told McCain...
...White House, where House Republicans voiced their strong opposition to the bailout. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid seemed to put much of the blame on McCain in a press conference this morning, when he said that the deal's outlines were in place - and then "Guess who came to town...