Mr.Obama defended his efforts to strengthen the U.S.economy, which included unpopular moves to bail out banks and rescue automakers.

VOA: standard.2010.01.22

To avert an economic collapse, the administration moved forward with a controversial plan to bail out banks deemed too big to fail.

VOA: standard.2010.01.15

Donohue was particularly harsh over a proposal by the White House to tax bank transactions in order to recoup some of the money used to bail out troubled banks.

VOA: standard.2010.01.12

Mr.Obama is making the change amid outrage over record payouts to financial executives, some of whom work at companies that needed Washington to bail them out with billions of taxpayer dollars last year.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

But his message had to compete for attention with news that the giant insurance company American International Group,or AIG, paid out $165 million in bonuses to employees after the government agreed to bail out the financially troubled company.

VOA: standard.2009.03.21

"We believe he will be confirmed. There is no doubt there is anger and frustration in this country about the direction of our economy, and about what has happened with excessive risk-taking by big banks, and the American people having to lend their hard-earned money to bail them out.

VOA: standard.2010.01.24

Human rights activists and an attorney with ties to the case, questioned the constitutionality of holding prisoners for up to six weeks without charge or possibility of bail.

VOA: standard.2009.05.25

The Emirate's Central Bank has said it will not give an unconditional bail-out to Dubai World, but look at components of the company to see if they are worth saving.

VOA: standard.2009.11.30

Majority Democrats in the House and Senate crafted various legislative proposals that would try to recover funds by imposing sharp taxes on bonuses paid by companies that were rescued by government bail out money.

VOA: standard.2009.03.17