The bulk of the TARP funds have been repaid, and if the regulators (swear word where I work) allow it, more will be paid back early next year. Regulators will likely require higher capital levels though, so they will actually act as a governor on how quickly TARP gets paid back.

We never took any TARP.

Now to add a bit of civics lesson to the history lesson, remember that the party in the majority in the house or senate can hold hearing and conduct investigations if they wish to do so. The party in charge of the house - that would be the republicans - can open an investigation into any part of the bailout they wish. Apparently they do not wish to do much.

So you really expected a presidential candidate to keep all his promises? Damn I bet you are going to be disappointed come Christmas if Santa fails to appear.

Pretty hard to get anything done when the party of NO who's primary goal is to get Obama controls the house. GOP = Gridlock Our Policy.

No I never expect any politician to keep all their promises but when one does the "holier than thou" speeches talking about evil Wall St people then takes the most money ever taken from them it is extra sleazy. There are polticians who don't keep all their promises but atleast intended to keep some of them and fail. I wish Obama would have given his Teddy Roosevelt commemoration speech on the economy in that special dialect he can switch into when talking to the unwashed masses.

Pretty hard to get anything done when the party of NO who's primary goal is to get Obama controls the house. GOP = Gridlock Our Policy.

So for the sake of getting something done the Republicans should go along with the Democrat's taxing and spending they don't agree with just to get "something" done?....you crack me up

Grizz,

I bet you are still smarting over Bush's promise to balance the budget. Or does it hurt less when your guy lies?

Like I said I don't listen to promises much from politicians of any stripe. I think this started with the irony that I saw in Michael Moore bashing Obama for taking so much money from wall street. It's always about getting re elected isn't it. On all sides. Not many do the right thing anymore.

Right now I bet the Dems could give the Republican house everything they've ever wanted and they would refuse to pass it. Their agenda is to get Obama and make ditto heads like you think Obama is to blame. It's all about trying to get one of the clowns elected which ain't gonna happen. The GOP hates America.

Never fear Grizz the most recent R star will certainly do the right thing.

This from Wickipedia

Ethics sanctions

Eighty-four ethics charges were filed against Speaker Gingrich during his term, including claiming tax-exempt status for a college course run for political purposes. Following an investigation by the House Ethics Committee Gingrich was sanctioned US$300,000.[66] Gingrich acknowledged in January 1997 that "In my name and over my signature, inaccurate, incomplete and unreliable statements were given to the committee". [67] The House Ethics Committee concluded that inaccurate information supplied to investigators represented "intentional or ... reckless" disregard of House rules.[68] Special Counsel James M. Cole concluded that Gingrich violated federal tax law and had lied to the ethics panel in an effort to force the committee to dismiss the complaint against him. The full committee panel did not agree whether tax law had been violated[69] and left that issue up to the IRS.[70] In 1999, the IRS cleared the organizations connected with the "Renewing American Civilization" courses under investigation for possible tax violations.[71][72]

So now that we collectively accept our politicians to feed us a pile of BS to get elected, what are we supposed to base our decision on who to vote for ? If you think they would be a good guy to go have a beer with? We expect them to be lying sacks of $hit so that's what we get. No wonder were so screwed.

The jingle this go 'round is "Hope, Change, and the Middle Class"


Now that ought to knock your socks off.

And as far as Tarp repayment.......It is reported in a link in another thread that the Tarp amount was small potatoes compared to the unreported back door loans supplied by the Fed. R.