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# Webcast Extra - January 29, 2010
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/washington-week/specials/washington-week-webcast-extra-january-29-2010/
- Published: 2024-04-02T23:12:47.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-22T10:52:33.000Z
- Description: The panel answers viewers' questions about the Sate of the Union.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Washington Week with The Atlantic, #ZZZ_Show_900c282a-c2f0-4e9a-ac1c-a7c7ded75d04, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Special_0a2a359c-2c9b-4b5e-a1bc-fd9aaf22fea3, #special

During the State of the Union President Obama said he wanted to take the bailout money Wall Street banks repaid plus a fee and give it to "community banks" with the stipulation that they loan to small businesses. Why weren't these types of mandates attached to the original bailout money?