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Rep. Joe Sestak trying to outrun Sen. Arlen Specter
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 1 day ago
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His wavy, graying hair has been through a hectic morning, and the Pennsylvania Democrat is racing toward his third interview of the day, this time with ABC News. "Nobody under 40 carries a comb," he says. "See, watch this." Sestak, 57, looks at one of...
Tags: Joe Sestak, Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania, Capitol Hill, Navy, Seattle, Politics, Arlen Specter
House panel approves Fed audits
Washington :: DC :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility A Congressional panel approved a bill that would put the traditionally independent U.S...Fed officials opposed the measure and House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank sought to soften the blow by taking the central bank's interest rate...
Tags: House Financial Services Committee, Federal Reserve, Tim Geithner, House Democratic Caucus, Congressional Democrats, White House, house panel, Capitol Hill, wall street, Ron Paul, Washington, Central bank, Interest rate, Monetary policy, Federal Reserve System, Federal Reserve Transparency Act, Business Finance, Politics, Troubled Asset Relief Program, Christopher Dodd, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, United States Secretary of the Treasury, American International Group, Council on Foreign Relations, Group of Thirty, Timothy Geithner, Bailout, economics, Subprime mortgage crisis, Bank, Government policies and the subprime mortgage crisis, Subprime mortgage crisis solutions debate, Primary dealers, House of Morgan, Morgan Stanley
US evangelicals warm to climate change science in Capitol Hill campaign| Suzanne Goldenberg
London :: United Kingdom | 4 days ago
Credibility US evangelicals warm to climate change science in Capitol Hill campaign Leading environmental scientists and evangelical Christians join forces to lobby senators in support of the climate bill Evangelical Christians at prayer. Leading evangelical Christians...
Tags: climate change, Capitol Hill, evangelicals christians, Richard Cizik, lobbying senator, Harvard Medical School, United Kingdom, London, Global warming, National Association of Evangelicals, Evangelical environmentalism, Jim Inhofe, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Politics, Year of birth missing, Environmental skepticism, Environment, Religion Belief
Republicans, Democrats spar over BofA
Washington :: DC :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility Timothy Mayopolous, former general counsel of Bank of America, Brian Moynihan, president of consumer and small business banking at the Bank of America Corporation; Charles "Chad" Gifford, member of the Bank of America Board of Directors, and Thomas May,...
Tags: america board, Bank of American, Bank of America Corporation, house oversight, federal bailout, Washington, Merrill Lynch, Capitol Hill, reform committee, government reform, United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Bailout, Federal Reserve System, Primary dealers, Bank of America, Business Finance
Lobbyists' townhomes in D.C. woo both parties
Washington :: DC :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility Influence comes in many forms in the nation's capital, and twin fundraisers this week for two Colorado Senate candidates shows one of those can be real estate. Republican candidate Jane Norton was in town Monday for a big-money fundraiser at a Capitol...
Tags: Capitol Hill, Three Williams & Jensen, Jane Norton, Sen. Michael Bennet, Washington, Fundraiser, Fundraising, Jack Abramoff scandals, Politics
Fights erupt over Dodd reform bill
Washington :: DC :: USA | 6 days ago
Credibility Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd said he wanted to produce a “bold” and “sweeping” financial reform bill. In other words, he’s got a bill that’s going to tick everyone off. The 1,136-page draft measure the Connecticut Democrat unveiled last...
Tags: Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., Capitol Hill, Barney Frank, Washington, Christopher Dodd, Ben Bernanke, Bank, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Federal Reserve Transparency Act, Subprime mortgage crisis, Federal Reserve System, Business Finance
BofA officials set to testify on Capitol Hill
New York City :: NY :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility The House Oversight and Government Reform committee formally announced Friday that consumer banking head Brian Moynihan and directors Chad Gifford and Thomas May will be joined by former Bank of America general counsel Tim Mayopoulos. Moynihan briefly...
Tags: Bank of America, Capitol Hill, Merrill Lynch & Co., Brian Moynihan, Hill Ken Lewis, Ken Feinberg, New York City, Ken Lewis (executive), Primary dealers, Merrill Lynch, Business Finance
No one said freedom was pretty
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 16 days ago
Credibility Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), who made her name suggesting that Barack Obama and other Democrats have "anti-American" views, appeared on Fox News on Friday night and urged Americans to come to Washington to protest: "We need to pay a house call on...
Tags: Capitol Hill, Nancy Pelosi, Michele Bachmann, House Democrats
Pelosi still dealing as vote nears
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | 16 days ago
Credibility House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has conjured up plenty of old ghosts since launching the health care fight back in July, invoking Democrats who laid the foundation for this year’s push — like Franklin Roosevelt and Harry S...Pelosi owes her current place on...
Tags: House Democrats, White House, House Democratic, health care, House Dems, House of Representatives, Barack Obama, president barack, democrat leaders, Capitol Hill
'Kill the bill,' protesters target health care
Ama :: LA :: USA | 17 days ago
Credibility Chanting "Kill the bill," thousands of conservatives incensed over the Democrats' health care overhaul protested at the Capitol on Thursday, arguing that the legislation amounts to a government takeover of the nation's medical system...The protest attracted...
Tags: Republican House of Representatives, Health Care House Call, U.S, Michele Bachmann, house called, Barack Obama, Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Capitol Hill, Tea Party
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