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By Joann M. Weiner - Politics DailySecrecy, or more charitably, failure to disclose potential conflicts of interest, never goes out of style, as shown in three very different situations that have arisen in the past year. One case involves a newspaper's failure to fully disclose a writer's family ties to Bernard Madoff in an opinion piece. Another case involves an economist's failure to disclose his $400,000 government contract to analyze health care reform. A third case, and the most important one, involves failure by the Federal Reserve Bank to reveal details of the $180 billion federal bailout of the insurance giant American ...
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By Walter Shapiro - Politics DailyAs the congressional health-care marathon enters its final weeks (or final months for those pessimistic about Capitol Hill timetables), the remaining obstacles seem to be limited to the perpetually contentious issues of abortion, the taxation of generous Lexus-level insurance plans, and, yes, the public option. Lost in the shuffle are the estimated 5 million Americans who would gain health-insurance coverage under the House bill, but not under the legislation that survived a Senate filibuster. ...
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