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- NATION, Page 23American NotesBANKINGBailout Boss Bails Out
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- Not many jobs could have been as exciting -- or stressful --
- as overseeing the turbulent banking industry for the past six
- years. Since he became chairman of the Federal Deposit
- Insurance Corporation in 1985, William Seidman has seen more
- than 1,000 U.S. banks fail, and the number of institutions on
- the brink continues to grow. The FDIC, which guarantees the
- nation's bank deposits, has had to pay out more than $24 billion
- during Seidman's tenure and is running low on reserves. Congress
- is working on legislation to replenish the funds. No wonder
- Seidman, 70, has decided to step down when his term ends in
- October.
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- Although Congress valued his blunt appraisal of the
- severity of the banking crisis and his suggestions for reform,
- Seidman often rankled members of the Bush Administration. He was
- criticized by some for moving too slowly as head of the
- Resolution Trust Corporation, the government agency charged with
- managing and selling off foreclosed properties in the wake of
- the savings-and-loan mess. The likely candidate to succeed him
- at the FDIC: Federal Reserve director of banking supervision
- William Taylor.
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