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"The question at this point should not be why I called Secretary Paulson, but why I had to," she said. "The question at this point should be why a trade association representing over 100 minority banks could not get a meeting at the height of the crisis."
Waters, who holds a senior position on the Financial Services Committee That's a problem for Waters since her husband, Sidney Williams, served as a member of OneUnited's board of directors from January 2004 until April 2008, and was a stockholder in the bank.
OneUnited eventually got $12 million of the $50 million in bailout money it requested, enough to keep the bank afloat. The ethics panel says that kept Waters' family stock from becoming worthless, which the committee says shows that she personally benefited by using her office.
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Reason: add funny face
Bush is more popular with the Dems AFTER he's gone then when he was in office.
Wow..year 2 since Bush is gone and his name is as big as if he were sitting in the Oval Office right now.
The IQ of a person is measurable and inversely correlated with the length of time between January 20, 2009 and the day said person blames Bush.
if that's true, certain folks should be into negative integers by now
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That's a problem for Waters since her husband, Sidney Williams, served as a member of OneUnited's board of directors from January 2004 until April 2008, and was a stockholder in the bank. 
