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Calling bush administration officials as it was becoming clear that the company was in trouble. because of all those ties, the enron scandal was set to be a huge political scandal for the new president bush. it probably would have been the defining scandal of the first bush term had 9/11 not happened a month after enron started to fall apart. the fix for the enron problem came in the form of a new law passed by congress called the sarbanes-oxley act. that new law mostly changed the rules about how corporations kept their books and how accounting firms should be independent from the companies t...

matter so much as this number. the number of days and hours now left until the money runs out. this is what we've been warning about for weeks and weeks. still, the vote today was enough to allow the republicans to spike the ball into boehner's court. and he did so with a vengeance. >> i struck my neck out a mile to try and get in agreement with the president of the united states. i stuck my neck out a mile. and i put revenues on the table. in order to try to come to an agreement to avert us being where we are. but a lot of people in this town can never say yes. a lot of people can n...

has finally pass the debt reduction plan. as you saw a moment ago, the senate now in the process of killing it by effectively tabling it, because democrats are in charge over there. you heard harry reid speak moments ago, a big thumbs down over there, and then -- then -- we will move on. but the number of votes on either side really doesn't matter so much as this number. the number of days and hours now left until the money runs out. this is what we've been warning about for weeks and weeks. still, the vote today was enough to al lookout low the republica spike the ball into boehner'...

The tax code just days before everybody's taxes were due is something that will be extremely popular and republicans like the majority leader, mr. cantor can support. i will not proffer an opinion on this. the bush tax cuts were followed by the slowest decade of economic growth since world war ii. do i need to say that again. >> you say the slowest decade, let me have eric respond to that. >> yeah. >> again, norah, i don't know where you're getting those numbers because i think clearly -- >> are you saying economic growth was good during the bush years? those are just facts. >> we certainly ha...

Al qaeda uses as a recruiting tool. seven out of ten muslims in very major polling disapprove of the handling of guantanamo, it's not just about al qaeda, it's about our standing generally. will this affect it more largely in terms of, i don't see this as being -- khalid sheikh mohammed is not someone who's a huge hero in the muslim world. so i don't see this as substantially changing that narrative. what it does -- it just shows the continuity between the second bush term and obama, of which there are many. >> we know the aclu and other liberal organizations want gitmo closed, they would pref...