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February 11, 2009

YOUNG VOICES

What's Jesse Jackson Doing at the TARP Hearing?
by Tamika Thompson


 

If you were watching the House Financial Services Committee's hearing on TARP accountability this morning, you might have noticed that the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. was seated behind the bank CEOs.

You might have also noticed that Chairman Barney Frank said that Jackson wanted to enter a document from the RainbowPUSH Coalition into the public record.

I didn't expect to see Rev. Jackson at the TARP hearing, so I contacted RainbowPUSH to find out what Jackson was up to.

What Jackson delivered is the RainbowPUSH Coalition's call for Congress to ensure that “TARP and future economic stimulus programs” serve the “least of these,” including student loan borrowers, minority and women business owners and minority auto industry dealers and suppliers. (See full statement here).

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Published February 11, 2009

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