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Senators to question former JPMorgan exec who oversaw London Whale
WASHINGTON -- Ina Drew, the former JPMorgan Chase & Co. executive who oversaw the trading unit responsible for the $6.2-billion "London Whale" trading losses, is scheduled to testify Friday at a Senate hearing on the risky derivatives bets. Drew, who...
Tags: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Jamie Dimon, Corporate Officers, U.S. Senate, Politics
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Obama kicks off week of meetings on Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON – President Obama’s public push to restore relations with his congressional colleagues entered its second stage – the luncheon phase – Tuesday, when he conferred with Senate Democrats for the first of four midday...
Tags: Paul Ryan, Tom Harkin, Republican Party, U.S. House Committee on the Budget, Jay Carney
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Democrats face challenging Senate landscape
WASHINGTON (AP) — After a surprising string of victories last fall, Democrats now face a challenging terrain as they look to hold onto their Senate majority in 2014 and prevent Republicans from gaining full control of Congress during President...Tags: Mike J. Rogers, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Politics, Steve Scalise
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Durbin telling top Democrats he'll seek re-election in 2014
Clout StreetDick Durbin, Illinois’ senior U.S. senator and the No. 2 Democrat in the chamber, is telling top Democrats he will seek a fourth term in 2014, sources familiar with his decision said Friday. Durbin’s re-election bid alleviates any concerns...Tags: Mark Kirk, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Political Fundraising, Elections
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Levin announces he will not seek re-election
Democratic Senator Carl Levin announced Thursday he will not seek re-election in 2014. The decision sets the stage for a wide-open race to replace the longest-serving senator in Michigan history. First elected to the Senate in 1978, 78-year-old Levin...
Tags: United Auto Workers, Rick Scott, General Motors Corp., Elections, U.S. Congress
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Levin will not seek re-election in 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan says he will not seek re-election in 2014. He says he wants to do his job as Senate Armed Services chairman and as an advocate for his home state "without the distraction of campaigning for...
Tags: Elections, Politics, Regional Elections, Washington, DC
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Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan won't run for reelection in 2014
WASHINGTON -- Michigan Democrat Carl Levin announced Thursday that he would not run for reelection in 2014, adding to an exodus of experience in the chamber. Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, is the sixth sitting senator to decide...
Tags: Frank Lautenberg, Tom Harkin, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Elections
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Senate confirms Chuck Hagel as new Defense secretary
WASHINGTON – The Senate voted Tuesday to confirm Chuck Hagel, a Vietnam War veteran and former Republican senator from Nebraska, as the 24th secretary of Defense after a brutal confirmation process that saw members of his own party question his...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Lindsey O. Graham, Chuck Hagel, Republican Party, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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A filibuster fit for Joe McCarthy
WASHINGTON -- Chuck Hagel's confirmation as secretary of defense ended as it began -- with a smear. "Senator Hagel has accused Israel of quote 'playing games' and committing, quote, 'sickening slaughter,'" Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., said before...
Tags: James Inhofe, Iran, John Boehner, Thomas R. Carper, Tom Coburn
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Hagel confirmed as secretary of defense
Tribune Washington BureauWASHINGTON — Chuck Hagel, who won two Purple Hearts in the Vietnam War, survived the turbulent battle over his nomination to lead the Pentagon, where he will confront two new challenges: potentially dramatic budget cuts and tensions with...Tags: James Inhofe, John Thune, Lindsey O. Graham, Republican Party, Afghanistan
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State to take significant hit in U.S. budget battle
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The White House says Michigan faces about $140 million in losses if an automatic federal budget cut takes effect Friday, and U.S. Sen. Carl Levin says he's hopeful the deadline pressure will prompt Congress to raise money by...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Politics
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Rep. Benishek: Hopeful for deal to avoid sequestration funding cuts but skeptical
Staff WriterPETOSKEY, Mich. — Congress is gearing up for another down-to-the-wire budget crisis this week with mandatory $1.2 trillion cuts to governmental spending set to take effect March 1. But, despite being discouraged, second-term Congressman Dan...Tags: Republican Party, Elections, Agriculture, U.S. Congress, Credit and Debt
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