Market Minds

Jane Hamsher is the founder of Firedoglake. Her work has appeared on the Huffington Post, Alternet and The American Prospect. She has appeared on CNN, MSNBC and PBS and is the author of the best selling book Killer Instinct. She has produced such films Natural Born Killers and Permanent Midnight and currently lives in Washington, D.C. ~~~ The following is a chart of TARP/Bailout receivers recent lobbying activity: > Bailout Recipient Lobbied Spent on Lobbying 1Q Bailout Funds Received American Express ( PDF ) Cramdown, Credit Card, Exec Comp $875,000 $ 3.4 billion Bank of America ( PDF ) Cramdown, Credit Card, Exec Comp $750,000 $ 52.5 billion 4.5 billion Bank of NY Mellon ( PDF )* Credit Card, no response $497,000 $3 billion Barclays PLC & US Affiliates ( PDF )* Cramdown, Credit Card $1,435,916 $7.0 billion Capital One Financial Corp ( PDF ) Cramdown, Credit Card, Exec Comp $469,000 $3.6 billion Citigroup Credit Card, Exec Comp $1,680,000 $50 billion Credit Suisse ( PDF )* Cramdown $580,000 $ .4 billion Deutsche Bank* Cramdown $220,000 $ 6.4 billion Discover Financial Services ( PDF ) Cramdown, Credit Card $257,500 $ 1.2 billion Fifth Third Bancorp ( PDF ) Cramdown, Credit Card $31,000 $ 3.4 billion GMAC ( PDF ) Cramdown $410,000 $ 5 billion Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ( PDF ) Cramdown, Credit Card, Exec Comp $1,105,000 $ 10 billion $ 12.9 billion HSBC GR-Corp ( PDF )* Cramdown, Credit Card $1,176,573 $ 3.3 billion ING North America ( PDF )* Cramdown $720,000 $ 1.5 billion JP Morgan ( PDF ) Cramdown, Credit Card, Exec Comp $1,386,000 $25 billion Morgan Stanley & Co ( PDF ) Cramdown, Exec Comp $645,000 $ 10 billion $ 1 billion PNC Bank ( PDF ) Cramdown, Credit Card $150,000 $ 7.6 billion UBS Americas, Inc ( PDF )* Cramdown $70,000 $ 1.7 bilion U.S.

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Bailoutout Recipient’s Lobbying Activity