Catastrophe - Dick Morris [147]
305 “According to the Irish”: Altimari and Kauffman, “Chris Dodd: A Few Real Estate Deals among Friends.”
306 “Two years after”: Keving Rennie, “Pardon for a Friend, a Good Deal for Dodd,” Hartford Courant, March 8, 2009, www.courant.com/news/opinion/editorials/hc-rennie-dodd-house0308.artmar08,0,4360050.column.
307 He speculated that: Altimari and Kauffman, “Chris Dodd: A Few Real Estate Deals among Friends.”
308 “These were pretty”: Ibid.
309 New development plan for Sunflower site stirs officials By JOHN L. PETTERSON The Kansas City Star, June 12, 2002 http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascitystar/3448952.htm
310 “Candidly, our thinking”: Ibid.
311 http://www.portfolio.com/news-markets/top-5/2008/06/12/Countrywide-Loan-Scandal
312 Dodd and Countrywide The Senator should take the witness stand. Wall Street Journal October 10, 2008, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122360116724221681.html
313 march 23, 2009 Dodd’s Wife a Former Director of Bermuda-Based IPC Holdings, an AIG Controlled Company By Kevin Rennie
314 “getting away with murder”: Deal Journal, “Mean Street: What’s More Shameful than AIG? The U.S. Congress,” Wall Street Journal, March 20, 2009, http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2009/03/20/mean-street-whats-more-shameful-than-aig-the-us-congress/.
315 “Are these guys”: Ann Woolner, “AIG Bonus Tax Idea Feels Great, Stinks as Law,” Bloomberg.com, March 25, 2009, www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&refer=columnist_woolner&sid=a4n5b.9iX6Bw.
316 “out of touch”: “Rangel Says Feds behind A.I.G. Bonus Were out of Touch,” NY1.com, March 28, 2009, www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/96420/rangel-says-feds-behind-aig-bonuses-were-out-of-touch/Default.aspx.
317 “Someone screwed up”: Ibid.
318 In 2007, Rangel submitted: Alan Finder, “Study Finds Record Education Earmarks,” New York Times, March 24, 2008, http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9801E1DA133DF937A15750C0A96E9C8B63.
319 “You don’t agree”: Sheryl Arrkiss, “Is Rangel’s ‘Monument to Me’ Worth It?,” CBSNews.com, September 14, 2007, www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/09/14/eveningnews/main3261346.shtml.
320 “I would have”: Ibid.
321 “a new ‘Charles B. Rangel’”: Ibid.
322 “We call it the”: Ibid.
323 And so did City University: David Kocieniewski, “Rangel Pushed for a Donation; Insurer Pushed for a Tax Cut,” New York Times, January 2, 2009, www.nytimes.com/2009/01/03/nyregion/03rangel.html?scp=21&sq=Charles+Rangel+Center+for+Public+Service&st=nyt.
324 “one was sent to”: Ibid.
325 “Drug companies, hospitals”: Matt Viser, “Hospitals, Firms in Healthcare Back Kennedy Institute,” Boston Globe, January 20, 2009, www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/01/20/hospitals_firms_in_healthcare_back_kennedy_institute/.
326 Although Rangel had been: David Kocieniewski, “Republican’s Question Rangel’s Tax Break Support,” New York Times, November 25, 2008, www.nytimes.com/2008/11/26/nyregion/26rangel.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=nabors&st=nyt#secondParagraph%23second Paragraph.
327 as the New York Times disclosed: David Kocieniewski, “For Rangel, Four Rent-Stabilized Apartments,” New York Times, July 11, 2008, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/11/nyregion/11rangel.html.
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328 In the year 2000: Melody Peterson, “Bristol-Myers Delays F.D.A. Review of a Blood Pressure Drug,” New York Times, April 20, 2000, www.nytimes.com/2000/04/20/business/bristol-myers-delays-fda-review-of-a-blood-pressure-drug.html.
329 25 million Glucophage prescriptions: Lindsey Tanner, “Study: Diabetics Face Drug Danger,” MedTech1.com, May 15, 2002, http://medtech1.com/success/device_stories.cfm/25/1.
330 Every minute that generic: “Congress Watch Director Frank Clemente Opposing the Bristol-Myers Squibb Monopoly Patent Extension,” Citizen.org, www.citizen.org/congress/reform/drug_patents/bmsg/articles.cfm?ID=6490.
331 In 2001, the company spent: “Lobbying Spending Database,” Center for Responsive Politics, https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?lname=Bristol-Myers