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Pelosi Blames Senate, White House for Bonus Loophole in Stimulus

By Tory Newmyer
Roll Call Staff
March 19, 2009, 12:41 p.m.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is washing her hands of responsibility for what has been dubbed the “AIG loophole,” a provision in the stimulus package that allowed executives of the bailed-out company to receive bonuses.

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