In the past year, top bailout recipients including Goldman Sachs and Citigroup have dispatched dozens of former congressional staffers and ex-government officials to lobby their former bosses on the financial rescue package.

Citigroup Inc., which has taken billions in taxpayers money to stay afloat, plans to spend an estimated $10 million on new offices for Chief Executive Officer Vikram Pandit and his top lieutenants.

Vikram Pandit is still working out a rescue plan that would turn over as much as 40% of his bank to the U.S. government. The question is whether he will manage to hold onto his job.

Financially troubled Citigroup may soon be getting a new chairman, and possibly even a new CEO.

FDIC Chair Sheila C. Bair has overseen another shot-gun wedding – this time between Wachovia Corporation and Citigroup.