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							<title><![CDATA[Mnuchin Says Trump Still Wants Economic Aid Deal With Democrats]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Marcy Gordon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Pressed by Democrats to quickly negotiate a new coronavirus relief package, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Tuesday the administration remains willing to work on a bipartisan agreement to help small businesses, the unemployed, children and schools....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[4 Big Tech CEOs Getting Heat From Congress on Competition]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Marcy Gordon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Four Big Tech CEOs '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Facebook'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai of Google and Tim Cook of Apple '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' are set to answer for their companies'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' practices before Congress as a House panel caps its'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' yearlong investigation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Justice Dept. Opens Sweeping Antitrust Investigation of Major U.S. Tech Companies]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/07/24/justice_dept_opens_sweeping_antitrust_investigation_of_major_us_tech_companies_140857.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Marcy Gordon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' The U.S. Department of Justice opened a'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' sweeping antitrust investigation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' of major technology companies and whether their online platforms have hurt competition, suppressed innovation or otherwise harmed consumers.
It said the probe will take into account...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[At Social Media Summit, Trump Blasts Firms for Censoring Conservatives]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/07/12/at_social_media_summit_trump_blasts_firms_for_censoring_conservative_voices_140773.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Marcy Gordon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' President Donald Trump used a White House conference Thursday to applaud far-right social media provocateurs even as he conceded that some of them are extreme in their views.
Trump, who has weaponized social media to eviscerate opponents and promote himself, led a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[House Republicans Seek Permanent Tax Cuts as Elections Loom]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/09/11/house_republicans_seek_permanent_tax_cuts_as_elections_loom_138046.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Marcy Gordon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' House Republican leaders have unveiled their proposal to expand the massive tax law they hustled through Congress last year. They'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re aiming to make permanent the individual tax cuts and small-business income deductions now set to expire in 2026.
With midterm...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[House Republicans Launch Push for Permanent Individual Tax Cuts]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/07/25/house_republicans_launch_push_for_permanent_individual_tax_cuts_137624.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Marcy Gordon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' House Republicans have launched an effort to expand the massive tax law they muscled through Congress last year, aiming to make permanent the individual tax cuts and small-business income deductions now set to expire in 2026.
The pre-midterm elections push, which...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump, Republicans Celebrate After Wrapping Up Massive Tax Package]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/12/20/trump_republicans_celebrate_after_wrapping_up_massive_tax_package_135838.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Marcy Gordon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' President Donald Trump cheered a massive overhaul of U.S. tax laws Wednesday, saying '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'we broke every record.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'
Flanked by Republican lawmakers, the president took a bow outside the White House shortly after the House finished its last-minute re-vote to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans Set to Roll $1.5T Final Tax Bill Through House, Senate]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/12/19/republicans_set_to_roll_15t_final_tax_bill_through_house_senate_135831.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Marcy Gordon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Their long-sought political goal within grasp, Republicans in Congress are set to catapult sweeping $1.5 trillion tax legislation through the House, rolling over a dozen GOP defectors from high-tax states.
The Republicans'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' final drive to deliver the tax...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rubio Threat on Child Tax Credit Puts Bump in Republican Tax Path]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/12/15/rubio_threat_on_child_tax_credit_puts_bump_in_republican_tax_path_135800.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Marcy Gordon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Republican Marco Rubio'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s potential defection over a tax credit for low-income parents put a speed bump into GOP leaders'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' drive to push their big tax package through the Senate, but it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a complication that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s likely to be resolved.
The Florida...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[With Rubio Onboard, Republican Leaders Finalize Huge Tax Package]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/12/15/with_rubio_onboard_republican_leaders_finalize_huge_tax_package_135811.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Marcy Gordon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Republicans finalized the most sweeping overhaul of the nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s tax laws in three decades Friday, sweetening the child tax credit to placate a reluctant GOP senator as they pushed to muscle the bill through Congress next week and give President Donald Trump...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Senate OKs Tax Bill as Trump, Republicans Near Big Legislative Win]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/12/02/senate_oks_tax_bill_as_trump_republicans_near_big_legislative_win_135674.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 02 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Marcy Gordon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Republicans pushed a nearly $1.5 trillion tax bill through the Senate early Saturday after a burst of eleventh-hour horse trading, as a party starved all year for a major legislative triumph took a giant step toward giving President Donald Trump one of his top...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump, Republicans Scramble to Win Votes for Tax Plan]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/11/27/trump_republicans_scramble_to_win_votes_on_tax_plan_135625.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Marcy Gordon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans scrambled Monday to make changes to a Republican tax bill in an effort to win over holdout GOP senators and pass a tax package by the end of the year.
In a morning tweet, the president said, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'With just a few...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[First Republican Senator Opposes Tax Bill in Early Sign of Problems]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/11/16/first_republican_senator_opposes_tax_bill_in_early_sign_of_problems_135562.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Marcy Gordon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Wisconsin'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Ron Johnson on Wednesday became the first Republican senator to say he opposes his party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s tax bill, signaling potential problems for GOP leaders. Passage of a similar package seemed certain Thursday in the House, where a handful of dissidents...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[House Passes Tax Bill in First Step Toward Major Overhaul]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/11/16/house_passes_tax_bill_in_first_step_toward_major_overhaul_135565.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Marcy Gordon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Republicans rammed a near $1.5 trillion package overhauling corporate and personal taxes through the House on Thursday, edging President Donald Trump and the GOP toward their first big legislative triumph in a year in which they and their voters expected much...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans Begin Pushing Tax Cut Bill Through Congress]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/11/15/republicans_begin_pushing_tax_cut_bill_through_congress_135553.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Marcy Gordon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Republicans began pushing a broad tax cut for businesses and many individuals through the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday, a measure complicated by a late addition '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' repeal of the Obama health care law'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s requirement that Americans get insurance...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Senate Republicans Propose to Delay Major Corporate Tax Cut a Year]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/11/10/senate_republicans_propose_to_delay_major_corporate_tax_cut_a_year_135514.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Marcy Gordon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Sweeping tax legislation from Senate Republicans includes a one-year delay in plans for a major corporate tax cut despite strident opposition from the White House and others in their own party. Their bill would leave the prized mortgage interest deduction untouched...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[House Republicans Weigh Repeal of Health Mandate in Tax Bill]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/11/06/house_republicans_weigh_repeal_of_health_mandate_in_tax_bill_135461.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Marcy Gordon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Republicans are weighing a repeal of a key tenet of the Obama-era health care law in their tax overhaul as the House'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s tax-writing committee begins work on shaping the bill.
Speaker Paul Ryan said Sunday Republicans are discussing whether their tax plan should...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Shoots Down Retirement Limit to Pay for GOP Tax Cuts]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/10/23/trump_shoots_down_retirement_limit_to_pay_for_gop_tax_cuts_135338.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Marcy Gordon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' President Donald Trump shot down a possible approach for raising revenue to finance tax cuts in politically must-do legislation for the Republicans, promising Monday the popular 401(k) retirement program will be untouched.
As Republicans hurtle toward producing a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump, Republican Tax Plan Cuts Rates, Nearly Doubles Deduction]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/09/27/trump_republican_tax_plan_cuts_rates_nearly_doubles_deduction_135116.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Marcy Gordon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are proposing a far-reaching plan Wednesday that would cut taxes for individuals and corporations, simplify the tax system and nearly double the standard deduction used by most Americans.
'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Too many in our...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Watchdog Says Taxpayers May Lose $27B in Bailout]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/01/30/watchdog_says_taxpayers_may_lose_27b_in_bailout_116857.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Marcy Gordon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- A government watchdog says U.S. taxpayers stand to lose $27 billion from the 2008 financial bailout, up from an estimate of $22 billion made in the fall.
A report issued Wednesday by the special inspector general for the Troubled Asset Relief Program says the estimate...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Report: Treasury OK'd Raises at Bailed-Out Firms]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/01/28/report_treasury_okd_raises_at_bailed-out_firms_116829.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Marcy Gordon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- A watchdog says the U.S. Treasury Department disregarded its own guidelines and allowed large pay increases for executives at three firms that had received taxpayer-funded bailouts during the financial crisis.
The Special Inspector General for Troubled Asset Relief...]]></description>
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