A month ago, Brad Miller and a dozen other Congressmen — including House Financial Services Committee Chair Barney Frank — wrote the Financial Stability Oversight Council to ask that they look into the systemic dangers of foreclosure fraud. The letter requested that three very specific things be included in upcoming stress tests and overall consideration [...]
Timmeh Geithner to House of Representatives: Fuck Off And Die |
| By: emptywheel Tuesday December 14, 2010 10:56 am |
Both Dodd and Frank Call on Admin to Use Powers of Dodd-Frank |
| By: emptywheel Friday November 19, 2010 8:11 am |
DDay has a really important post that–along with a great interview with Brad Miller–includes a letter from Miller and other members of Congress, urging the Financial Stability Oversight Council to take action to prevent the foreclosure fraud problem from becoming a systemic crisis. The letter reminds the FSOC that Dodd-Frank gives them the power to [...]
Brad Miller Asks More Questions about Goldman Sachs |
| By: emptywheel Tuesday March 24, 2009 4:44 pm |
Brad Miller (D-NC) asks the complement to the question I asked last night: Where’s the guy who doesn’t know shit about Wall Street to assess these bailouts?
Brad Miller asks, doesn’t Edward Liddy’s past board membership on Goldman Sachs create the appearance of conflict of interest–not to mention someone without the sufficient distance to approach this problem fairly?
Geithner doesn’t seem too troubled about any potential conflict of interest.


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