by Calculated Risk on 9/23/2008 09:44:00 PM
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Paulson: "I Want Oversight!"
Update to make this clear: I never focused on Section 8 (oversight) of the Paulson Proposal because I felt this was obviously going to be changed. To be fair, sometimes people put an offensive clause in a proposed agreement as a negotiating ploy. I think Paulson learned that negotiating ploys don't go over very well with Senators!
From Paulson's proposal:
Sec. 8. Review.
Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency.
Paulson today:
If Paulson really wants transparency, give us a website, updated daily, with the details of all transactions!