House Financial Services Chair Barney Frank announced that he wil be seeking the names of the AIG bonus recipients and said that he will be seeking a congressional subpoena should AIG refuse to do so.
Rep. Paul Hodes (D-NH): AIG now stands for “Arrogance Incompetence Greed.” Ha.
Rep. Judy Biggert (R-IL) wants to know if the taxpayers got to vote on the bonuses. Cutesy, but I like it.
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Chris Geidner is the award-winning senior political writer at D.C.'s Metro Weekly and has written for The Atlantic Online, Advocate.com, Salon and other publications, as well as at his blog, Law Dork. In 2011, he received the Excellence in News Writing Award from the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association for his coverage of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" repeal. Prior to moving to D.C. in 2009, he served as an attorney on the senior staff at the Ohio Attorney General's Office and had earlier worked for a leading Columbus law firm. An extended biography can be found here, and you can follow him on Twitter.