Hence the interest in a bill sponsored by Richard Baker, a Republican congressman from Baton Rouge, who wants Congress to create a recovery corporation that would buy out the owners of ruined homes.

ECONOMIST: New Orleans

He questioned finance department official Derek Baker on the need for the bill if the minister had already implemented changes.

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Secretary Baker is advising the President to veto the bill on the grounds that its sanctions language will unduly restrict presidential flexibility.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Freedom Flame 2013

On Capitol Hill, Richard Baker, a Louisiana Republican, has been working for months on a bill that would impose a variety of onerous new requirements on the industry.

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