Senate Proceeding on Aug 6th, 2009 :: 9:31:00 to 9:31:50
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9:30:42 to 9:31:02( Edit History Discussion )

David Vitter: and the amendment falls. the presiding officer: without objection. now there are two minutes equally vote on the vitter amendment. number mr. vitter: mr. president, this amendment is very simple. it simply says the tarp

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Speech By: David Vitter

9:31:03 to 9:31:28( Edit History Discussion )

David Vitter: fund will end when we originally said it would en, december 31st of this year. under the original tarp bill the treasury secretary has the authority to citizen it another almost full year until october of 2010. we would take that authority away. we would retain that

9:31:29 to 9:31:49( Edit History Discussion )

David Vitter: responsibility and say we'll wind down the tarp at the end clearly the imminent collapse of the financial system has passed and is so if we're serious about bailouts being temporary, being necessary because of truly unusual circumstances, if we're serious about that, we'll vote

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David Vitter: "yes" on this amendment and end