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WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 03: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner participates 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 President Obama�s budget proposal for fiscal year 2011.

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  1. U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner (L) and Peter Orszag, Director of the White House office of management and budget, are pictured in the audience before U.S. President Barack Obama signs the HIRE Act, a job growth initiative, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, March 18, 2010.
  2. Montana Democrat Senator Max Baucus (R) helps Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (L) with his tie alongside White House Deputy Chief of Staff Jim Messina (C) after US President Barack Obama signed the HIRE Act, a 17.6 billion dollar jobs bill that encourages businesses to hire workers, during a ceremony in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC, March 18, 2010.
  3. WASHINGTON - MARCH 16: U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner (R) speaks as White House Budget Director Peter Orszag (L) listens during a hearing before the House Appropriations Committee with March 16, 2010 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The hearing was to examine the FY2011 budget and the outlook of the economy.
  4. WASHINGTON - MARCH 15: U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner arrives for a hearing before the House Appropriations Committee with March 16, 2010 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The hearing was to examine the FY2011 budget and the outlook of the economy.
  5. WASHINGTON - MARCH 16: U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner (L) speaks as Chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers Christina Romer (R) looks on during a hearing before the House Appropriations Committee March 16, 2010 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The hearing was to examine the FY2011 budget and the outlook of the economy.
  6. US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifies before the House Appropriations Full Committee Hearing on Fiscal Year 2011 Budget and Economic Outlook on March 16, 2010 on Capitol Hill in Washington.
  7. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich. walks to a Democratic Caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 16, 2010.
  8. Rep. Jerold Nadler, D-N.Y. Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Sander Levin, D-Mich., arrive at a Democratic Caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, March 15, 2010.
  9. The acting Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich., leaves the committee office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 4, 2010. Levin of was chosen Thursday as acting chairman of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, a post that plays a major role in health care and billions of dollars in expiring tax cuts.
  10. The acting Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich., leaves the committee office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 4, 2010. Levin of was chosen Thursday as acting chairman of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, a post that plays a major role in health care and billions of dollars in expiring tax cuts.
  11. The acting Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich., leaves the committee office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 4, 2010. Levin of was chosen Thursday as acting chairman of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, a post that plays a major role in health care and billions of dollars in expiring tax cuts.
  12. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., leaves the podium after announcing that he is temporarily stepping down as committee chairman, Wednesday, March 3, 2010, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
  13. WASHINGTON - MARCH 21: U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the White House after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the health care reform legislation March 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. The proposed legislation has become the signature piece of Obama's domestic policy agenda and has eluded U.S. presidents dating back to Theodore Roosevelt.
  14. WASHINGTON - MARCH 21: U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the White House after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the health care reform legislation March 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. The proposed legislation has become the signature piece of Obama's domestic policy agenda and has eluded U.S. presidents dating back to Theodore Roosevelt.
  15. WASHINGTON - MARCH 21: Members of U.S. President Barack Obama staff watch as he delivers remarks from the East Room of the White House after passage of Obama's health care reform legislation in a historic vote March 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. The legislation is the signature piece of Obama�s domestic policy agenda and has eluded U.S. presidents dating back to Theodore Roosevelt. Pictured are David Axelrod (L), Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel (2nd R) and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (R).
  16. WASHINGTON - MARCH 21: U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the White House after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the health care reform legislation March 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. The proposed legislation has become the signature piece of Obama's domestic policy agenda and has eluded U.S. presidents dating back to Theodore Roosevelt.

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