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Jack Lew Officially Nominated to Head Treasury Department

RiCkY.D. Wrote: Jan 11, 2013 12:16 AM

Let us not be so quick to forget that Mitch McConnell is still minority leader of the Senate and will continue to lead as fecklessly has he has proven to over the past 4 years!........... I has been more about sitting back and getting a tax payer paycheck for doing nothing instead of standing up and fighting or simply doing what is right!

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D G Wrote: Jan 11, 2013 12:22 AM

Oh, nonsense. Mitch is not a problem at all. How many Republican Senators voted for ObamaCare? .... Democrats are the problem; not any of the Republicans.

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SMyles Wrote: Jan 11, 2013 6:02 AM

"Democrats are the problem; not any of the Republicans." Talk about naive.....

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Jack Lew Officially Nominated to Head Treasury Department

President Barack Obama has officially nominated his chief of staff Jack Lew to replace Timothy Geithner as Treasury Secretary. On his way out, Obama credited Geithner with having a "steady hand" throughout the past four years while he navigated rocky waters of economic turmoil. He touted bailout and stimulus spending saying a large portion of loaned money has been paid back.

"When history books are written, Tim Geithner is going to go down as one of the finest secretaries of Treasury," Obama said.

In choosing Jack Lew to take Geithner's place, Obama is confident.

"“I trust his...

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