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Schumer, Durbin and Barney Frank See No Problem with Treasury Nominee’s Tax Problems
Nicholas Ballasy & Matthew Hadro
CNSNews
January 19, 2009
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) told CNSNews.com that Treasury Secretary nominee Timothy Geithner is qualified to serve despite his failure to properly pay at least $34,000 in taxes. Other members of Congress, including Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) agreed, but [...]
Geithner Hired Undocumented Worker, Skipped Out on Taxes
JONATHAN WEISMAN
The Wall Street Journal
January 13, 2009
Sen. Charles E. Grassley, ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, is raising questions about a housekeeper who worked briefly for Treasury Secretary-nominee Timothy Geithner without proper immigration papers, and multiple years when Mr. Geithner didn’t pay Social Security and Medicare taxes for himself.
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus [...]
Obama’s Budget Performance czar withdraws candidacy due to ‘personal tax issue’
Raw Story
February 3, 2009
Nancy Killefer, President Barack Obama’s nominee to serve as the White House budget watchdog has withdrawn, an administration official said, amid reports she had past tax complications.
“I recognize that your agenda and the duties facing your Chief Performance Officer are urgent,” Killefer wrote Obama. “I have also come to realize in the [...]
