Pelosi: House Dems blameless in AIG scandal By Jared Allen
Posted: 03/19/09 12:05 PM
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The revelation that the $787 billion economic stimulus bill included language paving the way for AIG to award executive bonuses — which totaled $165 million and have caused an uproar in Washington and across the country — came to forefront of the debate on Wednesday.
And on Wednesday Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, said his own executive compensation limitation language was substituted for looser language at the behest of Treasury officials.
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“If you want to talk about what happened in the Senate, go to the Senate and talk to them,” she added.
And Pelosi continuously denied that she or any other House Democrat signed off on the provision, even though the House eventually voted to agree to the conference report on the stimulus bill.
“This was never brought to conference,” she said. “This never came to the House side, and you can talk to any of our conferees. It’s a matter of fact and record.”
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/pelosi-says-house-dems-blameless-in-aig-scandal-2009-03-19.html Dodd needs to take ownership, we need to move on.