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Massachusetts: Wall Street Bailout Proposal

Thu, 12/04/2008 - 12:55

Newly elected reps hear dismal economic forecast at Harvard conference

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

CAMBRIDGE - Forty newly elected members of Congress gathered Thursday morning to hear some of Massachusetts' finest economists discuss the current crisis and possible remedies.

And one thing became clear very quickly: No one knows a surefire way out of the mess.

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Wed, 10/08/2008 - 15:15

Beatty calls for examination of Kerry's ties to AIG

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

BOSTON -- Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Beatty stepped up his attacks on U.S. Sen. John Kerry for his ties to AIG, the recently bailed out insurance group, calling on Common Cause, the nonpartisan government watchdog group, to examine Kerry's connections to AIG.

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Thu, 10/02/2008 - 15:54

Beatty opposes Senate bailout proposal

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Beatty said Thursday that he would have voted against the Wall Street bailout plan that passed in the U.S. Senate Wednesday evening.

[img_assist|nid=168|title=Jeff Beatty (R)|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=99|height=180]Democratic U.S. Sen. John Kerry, who Beatty is challenging, voted for the measure, which passed by a vote of 74 to 25.

Beatty, of Harwich, told PolitickerMA.com Thursday that he thinks "that bill came up short when it comes to protecting the taxpayer's interest."

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