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  • Tim Geithner, congressional punching bag

    01/28/2010 6:32:03 PM PST · by Born Conservative · 9 replies · 407+ views
    The Washington Post ^ | 1/28/2010 | Dana Milbank
    Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner must have felt as if he'd made a wrong turn in the Rayburn House Office Building, and instead of taking a seat before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform had wound up at the Committee on Insult and Abuse. It was a rare moment of bipartisan agreement: Republicans and Democrats alike seemed to detest the guy. They were asking about his role in the $180 billion bailout of insurance giant AIG, too-generous government payouts to AIG's business partners, and efforts to hide details of the deal from the public. But really, they were just angry...