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The U.S. government should try to recoup AIG bonuses. Rep. Brad Sherman, a House Financial Services Committee member with Peters, said he favors "a tax law to impose a substantial surtax on excessive compensation paid to executives at bailed-out firms, especially AIG."

The U.S. federal government should provide financial support to its auto industry. "Insane . . . for us to go forward without a U.S.-based auto industry.”

The U.S. should not pass the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement. The Colombia Free Trade Agreement is a continuation of a failed trade model that has led to the loss of over 3 million manufacturing jobs and an $800 billion annual trade deficit

The federal government's financial bailout package will not help stabilize the U.S. economy. By the standards of the Bush Administration itself, the bailout bill seems to have been irrelevant or even counterproductive

Corporations should pay heavier taxes on windfall profits. Sherman co-sponsors windfall profit tax on oil.

Bankruptcy courts should have the power to adjust home mortgages. Sherman co-sponsored bill to allow adjustment of home mortgages in bankruptcy

Call centers should be required to disclose the physical location of their employees. Cosponser of Call Center Consumer's Right to Know Act

Performance fees of hedge fund managers should be taxed as regular income. Sherman co-sponsored legislation to tax as regular income

EVIDENCE: Should Ben Bernanke be reappointed as Federal Reserve Chairman in 2010? No

EVIDENCE: Should Congress tax AIG bonuses? Yes

UNKNOWN: Should Lehman Brothers have been bailed out by the federal government?

UNKNOWN: Should organic farmers receive additional federal subsidies?

UNKNOWN: Is capitalism the most effective economic system?

UNKNOWN: Should Congress increase the federal minimum wage?

UNKNOWN: Should the government provide financial assistance to homeowners facing foreclosure?

UNKNOWN: Is the U.S. undergoing the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression?

UNKNOWN: How does outsourcing affect the U.S. economy?

UNKNOWN: What impact have Bush Administration policies had on the economy?

UNKNOWN: Should the U.S. increase the cap on visas for skilled workers?

UNKNOWN: Should AIG have been bailed out by the federal government?

UNKNOWN: Will the U.S. economy go into recession in 2008?

UNKNOWN: Should food contain country-of-origin labeling?

UNKNOWN: Will the financial crisis lead to another economic depression?

UNKNOWN: Should the U.S. end agricultural subsidies?

UNKNOWN: Should governments subsidize property insurance coverage for natural disasters?

UNKNOWN: Should governments infuse capital directly into failing banks as part of their response to the financial crisis?

UNKNOWN: Should victims of major natural disasters be granted special relief in bankruptcy?

UNKNOWN: Should the U.S. provide tax breaks for businesses that do not outsource?

UNKNOWN: Do the economic benefits of a weak U.S. dollar outweigh the costs?

UNKNOWN: Should the U.S. enact a balanced budget amendment?

UNKNOWN: Should Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac be nationalized?

UNKNOWN: Should the Treasury Department block severance packages for Fannie and Freddie corporate executives?

UNKNOWN: Should the government offer cash rewards to citizens for developing new technology?

UNKNOWN: Should the Federal Government assist mortgage defaulters?

UNKNOWN: Should the Federal Reserve have more authority to supervise financial institutions?

UNKNOWN: Should the economic stimulus plan include a 'Buy American' provision?

UNKNOWN: Should the U.S. build more oil refineries?

UNKNOWN: Which is most responsible for the U.S. auto industry's financial problems?

UNKNOWN: Which is having the greatest impact on rising oil prices?

UNKNOWN: Should unions be permitted to strike?