• Elijah Cummings represents the 7th congressional district in Maryland
    • Neel Kashkari was named to run the country's $700 billion financial stabilization program
    • Dennis Kucinich is the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee
    • Cummings asked Kashkari whether he was a "chump" during a hearing on November 14, 2008
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    "In the neighborhood I grew up in in the inner city of Baltimore, one of the things that you tried to do was make sure you were not considered a chump and what chump meant was that you didn’t want people to see you as just somebody they could just get over on."—Elijah CummingsYouTube Video: Elijah Cummings calls Neil Kashkari a "chump" (Time: 2:19)

    "I'm just wondering how you feel about an AIG giving $503 million worth of bonuses on the one hand, and accepting $154 billion from hard-working taxpayers. What really bothers me is all these other people who are lining up. They say, well, is Kashkari a chump?"—Elijah CummingsBloomberg: Paulson's "Chump" Kashkari... (November 14, 2008)

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