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      Subprime meddling

      Posted by SoxFirst

      Senator Chuck Schumer's attempt to lean on the Big Four accounting firms about taking a less rigorous approach to mortgage accounting standards so that their clients can renegotiate bad loans. Now, auditors are supposed to be independent gatekeepers and politicians should not be putting them under any pressure.

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    • Schumer to fight new Bush high court picks

      Posted by Jeff from Politico

      Senators were too quick to accept the nominees’ word that they would respect legal precedents, and “too easily impressed with the charm of Roberts and the erudition of Alito,” Schumer said. “There is no doubt that we were hoodwinked,” said Schumer. Well duh.

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      Deputies to a U.S. Attorney Step Down

      Posted by Jeff from New York Times

      “This is another example of the proud corps of U.S. attorneys being deprofessionalized,” said the senator, Charles E. Schumer of New York, who has led the Congressional inquiry into the removals. “We wonder in how many other offices the same lack of confidence is taking its toll. Attorney General Gonzales has a responsibility to see that the finest people are put in these positions, not simply cronies.”

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    • Schumer signals he's likely a ``no'' on Alito

      Posted by Jeff from Newsday

      "While the process is not yet over ... the evidence before us makes it very hard for us to vote yes on your nomination," Schumer, D-N.Y., said in his final question and answer session with Alito, who has faced four days of hearings. "I just have to tell you that I remain very troubled, not by anything in your personal history, so much as by your judicial views," the senator said.

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