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...to President Obama said Friday that they were not alarmed by Geithner's rough treatment at the hands of Republican lawmakers on the Joint Economic Committee, which even included a call for him to resign. The advisers dismissed the concerns...

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...he is too focused on Wall Street and not enough on "main street" Americans. Rep. Kevin Brady, a Texas Republican, seized on this at a Joint Economic Committee hearing on Thursday and asked Geithner, "For the sake of our jobs, will you step...

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The delay flew in the face of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's call for swift action earlier in the day before another panel, the Joint Economic Committee, where he came under heavy fire, including a call for his resignation. "We must...

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...of insurer AIG and urged swift regulatory reform to safeguard the economy from the failure of big financial firms. Before Congress' Joint Economic Committee, Geithner faced fierce criticism of his role in the rescue of American...

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...because the Chinese are manipulating their currency," Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., told Geithner during a hearing by the congressional Joint Economic Committee. Schumer and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., sent a letter urging the...

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...by the Senate Finance Committee in 2007, but never went to a full Senate vote. Schumer told Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in a Joint Economic Committee hearing that U.S. handling of the yuan issue is "infuriating". "Today there are...

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...will end "as soon as we can," and that part of it will be used to lower the soaring federal debt. During a sometimes contentious Joint Economic Committee hearing that included one lawmaker calling on him to resign, Geithner was...

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