2009-03-18propublica.org

" Since we wrote earlier today about OneUnited, the little minority-owned Massachusetts bank with some big friends, there’s some more to tell. The New York Times reports that Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), whose husband owned more than $250,000 worth of stock in the bank as recently as last year, helped the bank seek federal funds not once, but twice, and the first time came in September, before the $700 billion bailout bill had even been passed."



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