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- Obama "too Big to Fail" Plan Blasted in Congress
- By Kevin DrawbaughWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration's new proposal for tackling financial risk in the U.S. economy, unveiled just two days ago, came under attack on Thursday from Congress and regulators, with questions raised about its funding and scope.U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner scrambled in a congressional hearing to...
- News items 2009-10-29
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- Obama "too Big to Fail" Plan Blasted in Congress
- By Kevin Drawbaugh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration's new proposal for tackling financial risk in the U.S. economy, unveiled just two days ago, came under attack on Thursday from Congress and regulators, with questions raised about its funding and scope. U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner scrambled in a congressional...
- News items 2009-10-29
- House Dems Sharpening "too Big to Fail" Plan
- By Kevin DrawbaughWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A key U.S. congressional panel moved toward toughening a plan for dealing with "too big to fail" financial firms on Tuesday, while rejecting a Republican alternative backed by Wall Street.The House Financial Services Committee, locked for weeks in debate over financial reforms, voted to kill...
- News items 2009-11-17
- Bank Bill Delayed in House, Senate Divided
- By Kevin Drawbaugh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Progress toward tighter U.S. financial regulation faltered in the U.S. Congress on Thursday as a House committee postponed a pivotal vote and Republicans on a Senate committee aired stubborn opposition. The setbacks came as lawmakers streamed out of town for a Thanksgiving holiday break,...
- News items 2009-11-19
- House Dems Sharpening "too Big to Fail" Plan
- By Kevin DrawbaughWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A key U.S. congressional panel moved toward toughening a plan for dealing with "too big to fail" financial firms on Tuesday, while rejecting a Republican alternative that is expected to reappear later.The House Financial Services Committee, locked for weeks in debate over financial reforms, voted...
- News items 2009-11-18
- Bank Bill Delayed in House, Senate Divided
- By Kevin DrawbaughWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Progress toward tighter U.S. financial regulation faltered in the U.S. Congress on Thursday as a House committee postponed a pivotal vote and Republicans on a Senate committee aired stubborn opposition.The setbacks came as lawmakers streamed out of town for a Thanksgiving holiday break, leaving further...
- News items 2009-11-19
- Bank Bill Delayed in House, Senate Divided
- By Kevin DrawbaughWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Progress toward tighter U.S. financial regulation faltered in the U.S. Congress on Thursday as a House committee postponed a pivotal vote and Republicans on a Senate committee aired stubborn opposition.The setbacks came as lawmakers streamed out of town for a Thanksgiving holiday break, leaving further...
- News items 2009-11-19
- President Signs Defense Budget
- The last step for any of the appropriation bills passed by Congress is the approval of the President. This year after going through the House and Senate, and then Conference; before finally being rolled into a large omnibus spending bill the defense bill was signed by President Bush in...
- Blog posts 2008-10-26
- In dubious battle. (contra aid) (editorial)
- In Dubious Battle Once upon a time, it would have been hard to imagine Representative Barney Frank, George Miller and Mike Lowry--leading lights of the Democratic Party's left--fighting for contra aid. In the past, liberals who opposed the contras have voted against nonmilitary...
- Research articles 1988-03-19
- Banks Sense Danger, Warn Congress on Breakup Power
- By Kevin DrawbaughWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some of the world's largest financial firms on Monday urged a top U.S. lawmaker not to pursue big bank break-up legislation, an idea attracting interest in Congress and causing alarm on Wall Street.The Financial Services Forum, a lobbying group for CEOs of firms including Goldman...
- News items 2009-11-16
- Of closets and Clinton.(charges of leaks by White House media adviser Sidney Blumenthal about sexual preferences of some of Kenneth Starr's staff)(Brief Article)(Column)
- Outing the same-sex affinities of public figures against their will is a very serious matter. Among responsible journalists who are gay, it is considered verboten unless the person who is to be outed meets the stringent criteria of what is known in the trade as the Barney...
- Research articles 1998-03-30
- Former CBS reporter's book takes a look at liberal bias in network
- The next time you see U.S. senators such as Republican minority leader Trent Lott of Mississippi or Mitch McConnell of Kentucky or representatives such as Dick Army of Texas interviewed on television, pay attention. Are they identified as conservatives? The next time you see interviews with senators such as Democratic...
- Research articles 2002-04-29
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