Washington Week with The Atlantic

Webcast Extra - January 29, 2010

5m 57s

During the State of the Union President Obama said he wanted to take the bailout money Wall Street banks repaid plus a fee and give it to "community banks" with the stipulation that they loan to small businesses. Why weren't these types of mandates attached to the original bailout money?

Aired: 01/27/10

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