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- Chartering bill introduced; Industry divided on federal proposal.(Brief Article)
- WASHINGTON-The Senate could begin debating the controversial issue of optional federal chartering for insurers and producers later this year. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., introduced a federal chartering proposal, the National Insurance Chartering WASHINGTON-The Senate could begin debating the controversial issue of optional...
- Research articles 2002-01-07
- Editorial: Keep up pressure on chartering.(Senator Charles Schumer introduces legislation that allows optional federal insurer chartering)(Brief Article)
- We praise Sen. Charles Schumer's decision to introduce legislation that would allow optional federal chartering of insurers. The New York Democrat's bill, which is overdue, will advance the debate over the need of large multistate insurers-and thei We praise Sen. Charles Schumer's decision to...
- Research articles 2002-01-14
- Key Democrats go centrist, support trade; Some in Congress break with party, unions; use swing votes to win on other issues.(New York Economy)
- A decade after New York City's Democratic Congressional delegation voted nearly en bloc against the North American Free Trade Agreement, a substantial minority has turned centrist, sometimes breaking with the liberal wing of the Democratic Party to s A decade after New York City's Democratic Congressional...
- Research articles 2004-06-21
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- "Cash for Clunkers" Won't Help the U.S. Auto Industry
- At first glance, the "cash for clunkers" proposal to retire older cars from America's fleet makes a lot of sense. Motorists get a voucher worth up to $5,000 for scrapping older, polluting autos and buying new, fuel-efficient models. There are two competing plans before Congress, with the main difference being...
- Blog posts 2009-04-16
- Democrats Fight for Personal and Government Data Security
- WASHINGTON, July 13 /U.S. Newswire/ -- With a full year having passed since Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff created the Assistant Secretary for Cyber Security post and the position still unfilled, Democratic Senators Patrick Leahy, Charles Schumer, and Bill Nelson today joined Paul Kurtz of the Cyber Security Industry...
- Research articles 2006-07-13
- Schumer Pledges Backing for Visas
- McGoldrick, Debbie Irish Voice 02-28-2006 IN a major development, New York Senator Charles Schumer has pledged his firm support to the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform ILIR and its quest to secure legal status for the undocumented Irish in the U.S. Schumer,...
- Research articles 2006-02-28
- Clear and Present Danger
- U.S. airlines must start equipping their aircraft with missile defense systems not later than Dec. 31, 2003, if legislation recently introduced in Congress is passed into law. Dubbed the Commercial Airline Missile Defense Act (S.311), the legislation was sponsored by Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Rep....
- Research articles 2003-03-03
- Gas pains/ In trying to form an energy policy, Congress inserts
- Folks who believe in limiting the reach of the federal government experienced a bittersweet moment during the ethanol debate in the U.S. Senate last week. On Thursday senators voted 67-29 to double the use of ethanol required in gasoline supplies in every state but Alaska and Hawaii by 2012. That's...
- Research articles 2003-06-09
- Democrats Demand Accountability for Iraq Contracting Failures; Call for Full Investigation Into Politically Motivated Hiring Practices
- WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Outraged by new reports of rampant cronyism and abuse in the disastrous post-war reconstruction of Iraq, Assistant Democratic Leader Dick Durbin and Democratic Sens. Charles Schumer and Frank Lautenberg today demanded a full investigation into the hiring practices of the Coalition Provisional Authority CPA....
- Research articles 2006-09-19
- Democrats Demand Action to Ease Middle-Class Squeeze
- WASHINGTON, July 26 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid and Senator Charles Schumer today called for a real change in Congress, from Republican policies that put special interests before working families to leadership that serves all AmWASHINGTON, July 26 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid and...
- Research articles 2006-07-26
- Geithner, Under Fire, Defends AIG Bailout
- By David Lawder and Emily KaiserWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Thursday defended the costly bailout of insurer AIG and urged swift regulatory reform to safeguard the economy from the failure of big financial firms.Before Congress' Joint Economic Committee, Geithner faced fierce criticism of his role in...
- News items 2009-11-19
- Geithner, Under Fire, Defends AIG Bailout
- By David Lawder and Emily KaiserWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Thursday defended the costly bailout of insurer AIG and urged swift regulatory reform to safeguard the economy from the failure of big financial firms.Before Congress' Joint Economic Committee, Geithner faced fierce criticism of his role in...
- News items 2009-11-19
- Soft Dollar "Discussion" Revs Up.
- One of the U.S. Senate's most powerful members has declared dead on arrival Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox's plea to eliminate soft dollars. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, is blasting Cox for his May letter to...
- Research articles 2007-09-01
- National fuel efficiency ratings for tires dodged; California measure awaits hearing
- Byline: Miles Moore The U.S. Senate has sidestepped a vote on a potentially controversial measure to require fuel efficiency ratings for replacement tires. The issue could come up again in Congress and is still very much alive in the California legislature. Sen....
- Research articles 2003-08-18
- Third candidates could tilt number of races
- WASHINGTON -- Carl Romanelli has never run for office and belongs to a political organization that has never elected anyone to Congress. Even so, the Green Party candidate's U.S. Senate campaign in Pennsylvania has Democratic leaders manning battle stations. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., head of his party's Senate campaign committee,...
- Research articles 2006-09-06
- Democrats Fight for Attention to Near-Record Gas Prices
- WASHINGTON, July 25 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Democratic Sens. Barbara Boxer, Charles Schumer, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Ken Salazar today joined to call for action to help lower the near- record price of gas. In the last weeks, gas prices have continued to rise to new heights, now topping $3 a...
- Research articles 2006-07-25
- Arab American Institute Asks Congressional Democrats: Why Play Politics Putting 130,000 US Troops in Danger?
- WASHINGTON, July 25 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Arab American Institute AAI today expressed shock at criticism from Congressional Democrats of visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al- Maliki and their threat to boycott his speech before Congress. In the Senate, Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Minority Whip Dick Durbin (Ill.) and...
- Research articles 2006-07-25
- Times Union, Albany, N.Y., Business Briefs Column.
- Times Union, Albany, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 18--ALBANY, N.Y.--FEDERAL GRANT TO HELP LURE NEW JOBS TO CAPITAL REGION: A $350,000 federal grant will help the Center for Economic Growth compile an inventory of the Capital Region's high-tech resources for use...
- Research articles 2003-02-18
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