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According to Suskind, Obama himself wanted to break-up of Citi as his preferred option, and Geithner slow-walked the president until the issue was moot.
Robert Kuttner: Obama, Geithner, and the Next Financial Crisis Robert Kuttner 2011
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The Obama Administration has slow-walked the foreclosure processes that have long existed, and as a result we still have a foreclosure overhang.
Romney's Finest Hour 2011
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Mr. Romney said the Obama administration's efforts to that point had only "slow-walked" the foreclosure process and left an "overhang" of homeowners treading water with mortgages worth more than their homes, waiting for a rescue.
Plan Highlights Sharp Political Split Jonathan Weisman 2011
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According to Suskind, Obama himself wanted to break-up of Citi as his preferred option, and Geithner slow-walked the president until the issue was moot.
Robert Kuttner: Obama, Geithner, and the Next Financial Crisis Robert Kuttner 2011
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Liberals complain that Republicans have slow-walked even the most non-controversial of the president's lower-court nominees.
Obama aims for 'tenacity' with choice of Kagan for high court 2010
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According to Suskind, Obama himself wanted to break-up of Citi as his preferred option, and Geithner slow-walked the president until the issue was moot.
Robert Kuttner: Obama, Geithner, and the Next Financial Crisis Robert Kuttner 2011
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My question is simply this: Why is not the whole Republican and talk-radio and RedState, for crying outloud world up in arms over the fact that the former senator from MA is still casting QUITE MEANINGFUL VOTES, while Scott Brown is still Senator-elect, and apparently being slow-walked in the ‘qualification’ process?
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WASHINGTON — A leading presidential adviser says a critical goal of a White House showdown with BP executives is to make sure victims of the Gulf oil spill won't be "slow-walked by the company" to their compensation payments.
Axelrod On CBS Early Show: BP Cannot 'Slow-Walk' Damage Payments 2010
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The Obama campaign has cleverly slow-walked the debate over the Florida and Michigan primaries, knowing that the clock on their side.
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They slow-walked repayments, as has the federally-financed Road Home program.
Harry Shearer: New Orleans: What's Been Done, What's on the To-Do List 2009
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