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<title>U.S. mortgage bailout cost &apos;just a wild guess&apos;</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179955291</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 23:35 GMT</pubDate>
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...  before it expired at the end of December 2009&quot; in a letter to the House Budget Committee chairman, John Spratt Jr., Democrat of South Carolina. But Orszag, at a briefing with  ...
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<title>Price to bail out Fannie, Freddie is a bit hazy</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179822407</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 07:35 GMT</pubDate>
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...  but it could also stir opposition among fiscal conservatives. In a letter to the House Budget Committee chairman, John M. Spratt Jr., D-S.C., the director of the budget office, Peter Orszag,  ...
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<title>A Mortgage Rescue Strains Calculations</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179803460</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 05:26 GMT</pubDate>
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...  systemic risk to our financial system, Mr. Fratto said. In a letter to the House Budget Committee chairman, John M. Spratt Jr., Democrat of South Carolina, the director of the budget  ...
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<title>Rescue Strains Calculations</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179803430</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 05:26 GMT</pubDate>
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...  systemic risk to our financial system, Mr. Fratto said. In a letter to the House Budget Committee chairman, John M. Spratt Jr., Democrat of South Carolina, the director of the budget  ...
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<title>-Can government turn the economy around?</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179802856</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 05:25 GMT</pubDate>
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...  groundwork for a consensus on what measures should be enacted. Bernanke testifies before the House Budget Committee Thursday. But Congress has a mixed track record when it comes to passing legislation  ...
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<title>-Is the Fed cutting rates too slowly?</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179802852</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 05:25 GMT</pubDate>
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...  bolder action is needed U.S. Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanketestifies before a House Budget Committee hearing on &quot;The Near-Term Outlook for the U.S. Economy&quot; on Capitol Hill. Federal Reserve  ...
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<title>Lawmakers reach deal on big housing package</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179801170</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 05:20 GMT</pubDate>
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...  of December 2009,&quot; CBO director Peter Orszag said in a July 22 letter to House Budget Committee Chairman John Spratt Jr. (D., S.C.) ...
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<title>Cost of U.S. mortgage bailout, if needed, could be $25 billion</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179795988</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 04:50 GMT</pubDate>
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...  but it could also stir opposition among fiscal conservatives. In a letter to the House Budget Committee chairman, John Spratt Jr., Democrat of South Carolina, the director of the budget office,  ...
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<title>Cost of Fannie, Freddie rescue: $25B</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179780069</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 01:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  at the Concord Coalition, a deficit watchdog group, and former chief economist of the House Budget Committee. &quot;Lawmakers don&apos;t like to take that of a GSE rescue plan, lawmakers have already  ...
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<title>Cost of Fannie, Freddie rescue - $25B</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179774960</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 00:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  at the Concord Coalition, a deficit watchdog group, and former chief economist of the House Budget Committee. &quot;Lawmakers don&apos;t like to take that of a GSE rescue plan, lawmakers have already  ...
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<title>Fannie, Freddie rescue: $25 billion</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179744102</link>
<pubDate>22 Jul 2008 20:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  at the Concord Coalition, a deficit watchdog group, and former chief economist of the House Budget Committee. &quot;Lawmakers don&apos;t like to take that of a GSE rescue plan, lawmakers have already  ...
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<title>Oil price falls below $127 in New York; Aer Lingus rises 8% - AIB falls 7% in Dublin</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179710967</link>
<pubDate>22 Jul 2008 16:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  cost $25 billion, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said in a letter to the House Budget Committee. &quot;Taking into account the probability of various possible outcomes, CBO estimates that the expected  ...
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<title>U.S. plan for GSEs has $25 billion price tag: CBO</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179690913</link>
<pubDate>22 Jul 2008 14:32 GMT</pubDate>
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...  capital is inadequate. That authority would also last 18 months. In a letter to House Budget Committee Chairman John Spratt, CBO director Peter Orszag wrote that the proposal has the potential  ...
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<title>CBO says Paulson GSE plan would cost government $25 bln in 2009, 2010</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179689090</link>
<pubDate>22 Jul 2008 14:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  cost $25 billion in fiscal years 2009 and 2010. In a letter sent to House Budget Committee Chairman John Spratt of South Carolina on Tuesday, CBO director Peter Orszag acknowledged Treasury  ...
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<title>Making Health Care More Efficient:</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179576133</link>
<pubDate>21 Jul 2008 21:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  largest inefficiencies in our economy,&amp;rdquo; said Peter Orszag, Congressional Budget Office Director at Wednesday&amp;rsquo;s House Committee on the Budget hearing entitled, &amp;ldquo;Getting Better Value in Health Care.&amp;rdquo; Testimony, including that of Jeanne Lambrew,  ...
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