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Campaign Finance Watchdog Congratulates Angelides, Other Commissioners Appointed to New Commission
July 15, 2009Public Campaign Action Fund praised the appointment of former California Treasurer Phil Angelides as the chairman of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, and urged Angelides and the other commissioners to investigate the role that campaign contributions from Wall Street and big banking interests played in precipitating the economic crisis. Angelides was appointed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and selected as chair of the congressionally established commission by Speaker Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.). Full release.