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Massachusetts Senate race pits Democrat Markey vs. Republican Gomez
This post has been updated, as indicated below.WASHINGTON – The race to replace John F. Kerry in the U.S. Senate will offer Massachusetts voters a familiar choice: a longtime Democratic officeholder against a fresh-faced Republican. Democratic Rep. Edward J. Markey and Republican businessman...Tags: John Kerry, Primaries, Politics, The Boston Globe, Reince Priebus
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Lawmakers urge U.S. SEC to bar forced Wall Street arbitration
ReutersBy Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON, April 30 (Reuters) - A group of 37 federal lawmakers urged U.S. securities regulators to prohibit Wall Street brokers from forcing customers to sign away their legal right to sue. "If arbitration offers investors an...Tags: Mary Jo White, Al Franken, Securities, Crime, Law and Justice, Democratic Party
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Republicans intensify pressure to limit powers of consumer agency
WASHINGTON — Republicans have stepped up their pressure to limit the wide-ranging powers of the nation's watchdog over consumers' money matters. The head of a key House committee overseeing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said he would no...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Mortgages, U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Consumers, White House
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Life Out Here: To Ruslan with love
In the worst of times we often see the best of people. Expected heroes, such as police officers, firefighters, paramedics, doctors and nurses, usually do what they’re trained to do in emergency situations and do so with valor. Then there are...
Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Fox News Channel (tv network), Hurricane Sandy (2012), Sports, Heroism
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Congress reacts to Boston Marathon bombings
WASHINGTON -- Congressional leaders reflected with grief on the tragic loss of life in the bombings at the Boston Marathon on Monday, but had few immediate answers as to the nature of the attack. The flag over the U.S. Capitol was at half staff and...
Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Terrorism, Mo Cowan, John Kerry, U.S. Congress
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Sen. Warren slams regulators' failure to prosecute crooked banks
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wants to know: How much money do banks have to launder to get charged with a crime? In a Senate Banking Committee hearing Thursday, Warren asked financial regulators why officials from banks weren't prosecuted even...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Eric Holder, U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
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Gay marriage gets its day in court and on the Web
This post has been updated, as indicated below.Tuesday's U.S. Supreme Court arguments over whether gay and lesbian couples have the right to marry in California became a spectacle both in D.C. and on the Web. In Washington, demonstrators expressed both opposition to and support of same-sex...Tags: U.S. Congress, Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights, Executive Branch, Tim Huelskamp
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Tom Coburn's campaign against government waste
Republican Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma is a real-life Murray Blum. Blum, played by Charles Grodin, is the president's accountant in the comedy "Dave," which I think of every time we have one of these spending dramas in Washington. In my favorite scene...Tags: U.S. Congress, Science and Technology, Politics, Kevin Kline, White House
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Mitt Romney had 3 of top 2012 search memes, and not in a good way
Online news giant Yahoo! announced its top search terms of 2012 Monday and, no surprise, the 2012 election topped all other topics, including the iPhone 5, which registered the second-most searches; Kim Kardashian, who attracted the third most and...
Tags: Clint Eastwood, Executive Branch, Politics, 2012 Republican National Convention, Rick Santorum
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Elizabeth Warren's first grilling of regulators is a YouTube hit
WASHINGTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a darling of liberals who has been mentioned as a potential 2016 presidential contender, had kept a deliberately low profile since her election in November. In less than five minutes last week,...
Tags: Elisse Walter, Richard Cordray, U.S. Congress, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Economy, Business and Finance
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Senate Democrats are united against GOP push to weaken consumer bureau
WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats said Thursday they were united in opposing Republican efforts to weaken the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and told President Obama they supported the renomination of Richard Cordray to head the agency. "It is...
Tags: Richard Cordray, Work Relations, Angus King, Mark Pryor, U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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'Mo' Cowan sworn in, giving Senate a record number of blacks -- 2
WASHINGTON — The usually pin-drop-quiet Senate gallery erupted in applause Thursday after William “Mo” Cowan was sworn in as the newest senator from Massachusetts. Vice President Joe Biden administered the noontime oath to Cowan, a...
Tags: Tim Scott, John Kerry, Deval Patrick, Scott P. Brown, Stephen F. Lynch
Apr 30, 2013
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Apr 30, 2013
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Apr 23, 2013
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Apr 24, 2013
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Apr 16, 2013
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Mar 26, 2013
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Mar 7, 2013
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Dec 3, 2012
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Feb 18, 2013
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Feb 14, 2013
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Feb 7, 2013
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