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U.S. Republicans see IRS scandal parallel in EPA info requests
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - Republican lawmakers on Friday began an investigation into whether the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency greatly favored left-leaning environmentalists over conservative groups when granting fee waivers for requests to...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Barack Obama, James Inhofe, Gina McCarthy, Freedom of Information Laws
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Obama Cabinet picks advance after party-line votes
WASHINGTON – Two of President Obama’s second-term Cabinet nominees inched forward Thursday, while another was poised to win final confirmation by the Senate. Thomas E. Perez, Obama’s choice to lead the Labor Department, and EPA nominee...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Barack Obama, Mitch McConnell, Gina McCarthy, Ernest J. Moniz
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Obama's environment, energy team nears completion with votes
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's energy and environment team took two steps forward on Thursday after the U.S. Senate confirmed Ernest Moniz as energy secretary and a committee cleared Gina McCarthy to get a full Senate vote to lead the...Tags: Roy Blunt, U.S. Senate, Career and Workplace, Thomas Edward Perez, Barack Obama
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Panel clears Obama's EPA pick on party-line vote, hurdles ahead in full Senate
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency has moved one step closer to getting the job, but it came without Republican support. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Thursday voted...Tags: Roy Blunt, Barack Obama, Elections, Environmental Pollution, Gina McCarthy
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U.S. FDIC's Gruenberg joins call for higher bank capital
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - Limits on how much banks can borrow may need to be tougher, a top U.S. banking official said on Wednesday, the latest in a growing group of regulators to call for big banks to set aside more equity to fund their business....Tags: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Federal Reserve, Martin J. Gruenberg, Sherrod Brown
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Senate Republicans stonewall Obama's EPA nominee
WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans boycotted a committee vote Thursday morning on President Obama’s nomination of Gina McCarthy to head the Environmental Protection Agency, prompting accusations of obstructionism from Democrats and calls to...
Tags: Barack Obama, Mitch McConnell, Environmental Issues, Politics, Environmental Pollution
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GOP ramps up criticism of Perez
WASHINGTON -- Congressional Republicans, including Maryland Rep. Andy Harris, stepped up their criticism of Labor Secretary nominee Tom Perez on Tuesday, amplifying their concerns a day before the former state official faces a Senate committee vote on his...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Elijah E. Cummings, Chuck Grassley, Crime, Law and Justice, Barack Obama
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Fed's Tarullo wants big banks to hold more capital
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Banks' limits on how much they can borrow should be tighter than what is called for under a global pact, a top Federal Reserve official said, as calls to cut the size of the largest banks continue. Fed Governor Daniel Tarullo...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Federal Reserve, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Finance, Sherrod Brown
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U.S. Senate duo dials back anti-big bank proposal
ReutersBy Douwe Miedema WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) - Legislation to force U.S. banks to drastically raise their capital buffers - a proposal that has been criticized as a veiled attempt to break up the biggest banks - was presented in a slightly weakened...Tags: U.S. Senate, Economy, Business and Finance, Jeb Hensarling, Bank of America Corp., Politics
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The governor, the soul mate and … The End
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- As the reporter said to the novelist: Why bother to make stuff up? For stories and characters, one needs only a pair of walking shoes in this city, where recent attentions have turned to two salacious stories. One concerns a murder-...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Mark Sanford, Elections, Anthony D. Weiner, New York City
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Labor secretary nominee unscathed after hearing
WASHINGTON — President Obama's pick for Labor secretary, Thomas E. Perez, emerged unscathed Thursday from a Senate confirmation hearing that was more perfunctory than contentious. Conservatives have been critical of Perez, the administration's top...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice, Thomas Edward Perez, Barack Obama, Justice and Rights
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Labor nominee Perez faces sharp questions from GOP senators
Thomas E. Perez, the former Maryland labor secretary nominated to lead the U.S. Department of Labor, faced pointed questions at his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday about whether politics influenced his decisions as the top civil rights attorney in...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Barack Obama, Justice and Rights, Minority Groups, Chuck Hagel
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