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  2. Troubled Asset Relief Program - Wikipedia

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    The Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) is a program of the United States government to purchase toxic assets and equity from financial institutions to strengthen its financial sector that was passed by Congress and signed into law by President George W. Bush.

  3. Oversight of the Troubled Asset Relief Program - Wikipedia

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    The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act created the Troubled Asset Relief Program to administer up to $700 billion. Several oversight mechanisms are established by the bill, including the Congressional Oversight Panel, the Special Inspector General for TARP (SIGTARP), the Financial Stability Oversight Board, and additional requirements for the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the ...

  4. Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 - Wikipedia

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    It created the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), which utilized congressionally appropriated taxpayer funds to purchase toxic assets from failing banks. The funds were mostly redirected to inject capital into banks and other financial institutions while the Treasury continued to examine the usefulness of targeted asset purchases.

  5. $700 billion and counting: What the "bailout" is really ... - AOL

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    We've all been referring to the federal government's Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) for banks as the "$700 billion bailout." But last night, BailoutSleuth, Marc Cuban's site created to ...

  6. TARP: Was It Worth It? - AOL

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    The bailout programs that made up the TARP investments will end up costing taxpayers very little, ... The program's other transactions with financial institutions will, taken together, yield a net ...

  7. TARP Costs Fall to $25 Billion, CBO Says - AOL

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    The much-criticized Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) will end up costing the federal government about $25 billion, far less than previously expected. A report from the Congressional Budget ...

  8. Capital Purchase Program - Wikipedia

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    The Capital Purchase Program or CPP is an American government preferred stock and equity warrant purchase program conducted by the US Treasury Office of Financial Stability as part of Troubled Asset Relief Program (aka, TARP) that was launched in 2008.

  9. Bailouts Earn $35 Billion for U.S. Taxpayers - AOL

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    The federal governments bailout program has earned the taxpayer nearly $35 billion in the last two years, The Associated Press said. Income from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) rose by ...