Timothy Geithner and a few of his predecessors, Henry Paulson, John W. Snow (2003-2006) and even Lawrence Summers (1999-2001).

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Republicans, including U.S. Treasury Secretary John W. Snow , are warning that a failure to extend the cuts will send the wrong message to the financial markets at a time when Hurricane Katrina is already weakening the economy.

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Former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker is the author of this plan, and in a letter to the editor in last week's Wall Street Journal, former Treasury secretaries W. Michael Blumenthal, Nicholas Brady, Paul O'Neill, George Shultz and John Snow lent their support.

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