House Passes Bill Taxing 90% Of AIG Bonuses With Many Republican Votes


	House Passes Bill Taxing 90% Of AIG Bonuses With Many Republican Votes

Anomaly100

3-20-2009 5:34 PM

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bonuses, greed, hypocrisy, house passes bill, taxing bonuses

Anomaly100 says:

Here's the Roll Call vote results and you can see how many Republicans voted with the AIG's of the world. And how can we forget that virtually every single Republican-- including, of course, those currently screaming the loudest, have been harsh critics of every effort to limit executive compensation for companies taking TARP money

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