WASHINGTON - MARCH 24: Secretary of the Treasury Timothy F. Geithner (L) listens during a hearing of the House Financial Services Committee with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke (R) on Capitol Hill March 24, 2009 in Washington, DC. Secretary of the Treasury Timothy F. Geithner, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke and William C. Dudley, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, appeared before the committee to testify about the bailout and effect of American International Group's (AIG) financial bailout by the US government. Getty Images logo Getty Images 10 months ago

WASHINGTON - MARCH 24: Secretary of the Treasury Timothy F. Geithner (L) listens during a hearing of the House Financial Services Committee with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke (R) on Capitol Hill March 24, 2009 in Washington, DC. Secretary of the Treasury Timothy F. Geithner, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke and William C. Dudley, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, appeared before the committee to testify about the bailout and effect of American International Group's (AIG) financial bailout by the US government.

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  1. WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 04: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner participates in a Senate Budget Committee hearing on February 4, 2010 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on President Obama�s fiscal year 2011 budget and revenue proposals.
  2. The Senate Budget Committee's ranking Republican Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., right, speaks with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner,on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 4,2010, prior to Geithner testifying before the committee's hearing on President Barack Obama's fiscal 2011 budget.
  3. WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 03: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner speaks during in a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on February 3, 2010 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony from Secretary Geithner on U.S. President Barack Obama's budget proposal for fiscal year 2011.
  4. U.S. Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner (L) testifies on "The President's FY2011 Budget" at the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington while aides sit behind him, February 2, 2010.
  5. WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 02: U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner (C) arrives as he is greeted by Sen. John Rockefeller (D-WV) (L) prior to a hearing before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill February 2, 2010 in Washington, DC. The hearing was to examine the Obama Administration's budget proposal for FY2011. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is on the right.
  6. WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 02: U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner sips water during a hearing before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill February 2, 2010 in Washington, DC. The hearing was to examine the Obama Administration's budget proposal for FY2011.
  7. A protester holds a sign behind U.S. Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner moments before he testifies on"The President's FY2011 Budget" at the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 2, 2010.
  8. WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 02: U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner reacts as he testifies during a hearing before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill February 2, 2010 in Washington, DC. The hearing was to examine the Obama Administration's budget proposal for FY2011.
  9. WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 02: U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner (L) takes his seat prior to a hearing before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill February 2, 2010 in Washington, DC. The hearing was to examine the Obama Administration's budget proposal for FY2011.
  10. U.S. Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner testifies of "The President's FY2011 Budget" at the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 2, 2010.
  11. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, before the Senate Finance Committee hearing on President Barack Obama's fiscal year 2011 budget.
  12. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., listens as Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, before the committee's hearing on President Barack Obama's fiscal 2011 federal budget.
  13. CodePink demonstrators hold up signs behind Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, left, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, as he prepared to testify before the Senate Finance Committee about President Barack Obama's fiscal year 2011 budget.
  14. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, second from left, meets with members of the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, prior to testifying before the committee's hearing on President Barack Obama's fiscal 2011 budget. From left are, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., the committee's ranking Republican Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, and Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah.
  15. U.S. President Barack Obama departs followed by members of his economic team (L-R) Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers Christina Romer after speaking about his proposed 2011 U.S. Government budget in the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington, February 1, 2010.
  16. WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 01: US President Barack Obama (C) speaks about his budget for fiscal year 2011, while flanked by Christina Romer (L) Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (2L), White House budget director Peter Orszag (2R) and economic adviser Lawrence Summers at the White House on February 1, 2009 in Washington, DC. Today President Obama sent Congress his proposed budget of $3.8 trillion for the fiscal year 2011. President Obama said his budget would eliminate tax cuts for those making more than $250,000.

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  1. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke (R) is sworn in for his second term in Washington, February 3, 2010. Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Donald Kohn swears in Bernanke as Anna Bernanke, (C), his wife, observes the ceremony.
  2. U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke (C) poses with British Central Bank Governor Mervyn King (L) and European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet for a photo during the G7 meeting in Tokyo in this February 9, 2008 file photo. The Bank of England estimates governments the world over have spent or committed a staggering $14 trillion to prop up the financial system following the fall of Lehman Brothers in September 2008. Despite the protestations by politicians that such a large-scale rescue should never be allowed to happen again, their actions over the past two years suggest the opposite. Picture taken February 9, 2008. To match special report DAVOS/FINANCE.
  3. WASHINGTON - JANUARY 25: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke attends a meeting with Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) at the US Capitol on January 25, 2010 in Washington DC. President Obama nominated Mr. Bernanke to a second term and he will need at least 60 votes to win confirmation.
  4. WASHINGTON - JANUARY 25: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke (L) meets with Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) at the US Capitol on January 25, 2010 in Washington DC. President Obama nominated Mr. Bernanke to a second term and he will need at least 60 votes to win confirmation.
  5. WASHINGTON - JANUARY 25: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke (L) is greeted by Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) before a meeting at the U.S. Capitol on January 25, 2010 in Washington DC. President Obama nominated Mr. Bernanke to a second term and he will need at least 60 votes to win confirmation.
  6. WASHINGTON - JANUARY 25: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke (L) is greeted by Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) before a meeting at the U.S. Capitol on January 25, 2010 in Washington DC. President Obama nominated Mr. Bernanke to a second term and he will need at least 60 votes to win confirmation.
  7. WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 04: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner participates in a Senate Budget Committee hearing on February 4, 2010 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on President Obama�s fiscal year 2011 budget and revenue proposals.
  8. WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 04: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner participates in a Senate Budget Committee hearing on February 4, 2010 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on President Obama�s fiscal year 2011 budget and revenue proposals.
  9. WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 04: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner participates in a Senate Budget Committee hearing on February 4, 2010 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on President Obama�s fiscal year 2011 budget and revenue proposals.
  10. WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 04: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner participates in a Senate Budget Committee hearing on February 4, 2010 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on President Obama�s fiscal year 2011 budget and revenue proposals.
  11. WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 04: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner participates in a Senate Budget Committee hearing on February 4, 2010 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on President Obama�s fiscal year 2011 budget and revenue proposals.
  12. WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 04: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner participates in a Senate Budget Committee hearing on February 4, 2010 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on President Obama�s fiscal year 2011 budget and revenue proposals.
  13. Neil Barofsky, the special inspector general for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, Elias Habayeb, former chief financial officer of the AIG Financial Services Group, Stephen Friedman, former chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and Thomas Baxter, executive vice president and general counsel for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, (L-R), are sworn in before the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on "Factors Affecting Efforts to Limit Payments to AIG Counterparties" on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 27, 2010.
  14. WASHINGTON - JANUARY 27: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifies before a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Hearing focusing on factors affecting efforts to limit payments to AIG on Capitol Hill January 27, 2010 in Washington, DC. Geithner denied he played a role in withholding information about deals that sent billions of taxpayer dollars from the bailout of American International Group Inc. to big banks.
  15. WASHINGTON - JANUARY 27: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner prepares to testify before a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Hearing focusing on factors affecting efforts to limit payments to AIG on Capitol Hill January 27, 2010 in Washington, DC. Geithner denied he played a role in withholding information about deals that sent billions of taxpayer dollars from the bailout of American International Group Inc. to big banks.
  16. WASHINGTON - JANUARY 27: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifies before a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Hearing focusing on factors affecting efforts to limit payments to AIG on Capitol Hill January 27, 2010 in Washington, DC. Geithner denied he played a role in withholding information about deals that sent billions of taxpayer dollars from the bailout of American International Group Inc. to big banks.

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