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Connecticut Retirement Plans & Trust Funds, Hartford, has agreed to commit up to $100 million to Constitution Fund V–Series F, a venture capital fund of funds managed by Fairview Capital Partners. Shawn T. Wooden, state treasurer and principal fiduciary of the $43 billion state pension…

For restitution? >> we learned yesterday that a part of the fund can be used for eke logical cleanup. thats not something thats been discussed. that was the first time we heard it. i have to tell you at the meeting i was very encouraged. feinberg is being very trans parent. there has to be a priority where you take care of the people who cant pay for the bills right now. he understands that lawyers should not be involved in this, that lawyers dont need to be involved if the fund runs correctly. ...

Know whos really going to get that money. thats what i want to know. >> they were not forced to do anything. they were at the meeting at the white house. >> e., please. >> they came in and put $20 billion on the table and on top of that they said they would put more in, and on top of that, they put $100 million for workers who lost their jobs through the temporary moratorium. you and sarah palin are just crazy on this issue. >> why am i crazy? i want bp to pay every single dime. thats different ...

Small businesses going under. the governor, the mayors, the people of the gulf state are begging president obama to provide some relief. he goes down, he delivers, and she compares him to adolf hitler. nobody with half a brain could believe that. >> heidi harris, yesterday we found out that sarah palin doesnt know the legalities around tconstitution fund but today shes a scholar. what do you think? >> there is no constitutional authority to take money from bp. and bill press is wrong about one t...

Tough again. the republicans fought to protect wall street because they just wanted to make sure it got passed. the banks are basically allowed to keep doing what theyve been doing, making risky trades with just a little more, a little more restriction. for more on this, lets bring in florida congressman allen grayson. congressman, great to have you here tonight. the bank stocks shot up after the word on this bill got up. it does not reinstate or separate the commercial banks from investment ban...

Doesnt work. feinberg has a good history. thats the good news. on 9/11 he got a slow start, claims were a little cold. by the time it was over, he came away being well respected and having done a good job. but i have to tell you this, this point that you raise about something -- the glitch, the biggest glitch is that bp should have no involvement in this fund. >> i want to ask you about that. thats what i want to know. who actually is controlling the fund and does bp have any call on where the m...