I may not be a fan of this guy, but even Inhofe sometimes makes sense.
Tulsa World
Inhofe: Cancel the ‘blank check’
By JIM MYERS World Washington Bureau
11/16/2008
Last Modified: 11/16/2008 2:31 AMHe criticizes Henry Paulson for changing the $700 billion bailout plan.
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe said Saturday that Congress was not told the truth about the bailout of the nation’s financial system and should take back what is left of the $700 billion “blank check'’ it gave the Bush administration.
“It is just outrageous that the American people don’t know that Congress doesn’t know how much money he (Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson) has given away to anyone,'’ the Oklahoma Republican told the Tulsa World.
“It could be to his friends. It could be to anybody else. We don’t know. There is no way of knowing.'’
Inhofe’s comments, unusually pointed even for a senator known for being blunt, come on the heels of Paulson’s shift in how he thinks the bailout funds should be spent.