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    Apr 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. 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.
    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: Parties and Movements, U.S. Congress, Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Senate, Mortgages

    2. Apr 19, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  2. Shame on the Senate; send 'em all home

    Let me begin this column with an apology. Once a week, I pick an important issue and offer my reasoned analysis, based on the facts, of what it all means and how we should react. But there are times when the intellect fails and the heart and gut take...

    Tags: U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate, Bill Press, Orrin Hatch, Mark Begich

    3. Apr 19, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News

  3. Housing programs critical to Aberdeen

    Access to rural housing programs that benefit a significant number of homebuyers in Aberdeen could be extended under a bill introduced Thursday by Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., and others. Without an extension of some sort, the city would lose access to two...

    Tags: Jon Tester, Pat Roberts, Finance, U.S. Congress, Mike Johanns

    4. Apr 11, 2013 | Orlando Sentinel

  4. Rubio has dinner at the White House

    Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando Sentinel
    By William E. Gibson, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, one of President Obama’s most persistent critics, joined him for dinner at the White House on Wednesday night to talk immigration, the budget and a wide range of other...
    5. Apr 11, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  5. Obama and GOP senators discuss issues over dinner

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama hosted Republican senators at the White House Wednesday evening, with dinner conversation including the deficit, gun control and immigration.
    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama hosted Republican senators at the White House Wednesday evening, with dinner conversation including the deficit, gun control and immigration. A White House official characterized their discussion over steak...

    Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Lamar Alexander, Marco Rubio, U.S. Senate, Johnny Isakson

    6. Apr 11, 2013 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  6. Rubio dines with political adversary Obama

     
      U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, one of President Obama’s most persistent critics, joined him for dinner at the White House on Wednesday night to talk immigration, the budget and a wide range of other topics.  Not big breakthroughs emerged from the...

    Tags: Lamar Alexander, Personal Weapon Control, Parties and Movements, Marco Rubio, U.S. Senate

    7. Apr 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Obama courts GOP senators, Part II

    <span class="runtimeTopic">WASHINGTON</span> &ndash; President Obama is proving to be a popular dinner host.
    WASHINGTON – President Obama is proving to be a popular dinner host. Republican senators who dined Wednesday at the White House, the second time Obama has extended an invitation to his sometime adversaries, offered mostly positive reviews,...

    Tags: Lamar Alexander, Elections, Marco Rubio, U.S. Senate, Johnny Isakson

    8. Mar 19, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Senate panel approves Obama nominees to head SEC, consumer bureau

    WASHINGTON &mdash; A Senate committee on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved Mary Jo White's nomination to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, clearing the way for the former federal prosecutor to be confirmed soon as Wall Street's top watchdog.
    WASHINGTON — A Senate committee on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved Mary Jo White's nomination to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, clearing the way for the former federal prosecutor to be confirmed soon as Wall Street's top watchdog....

    Tags: Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Senate, U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Mary Jo White

    9. Jan 28, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. The challenging math of passing immigration reform

    WASHINGTON &ndash; Senators from both parties are expressing enthusiasm for pushing a comprehensive overhaul of the nation&rsquo;s immigration system.
    WASHINGTON – Senators from both parties are expressing enthusiasm for pushing a comprehensive overhaul of the nation’s immigration system. But while immigration politics appears to have changed in the wake of sweeping Republican rejection...

    Tags: Science and Technology, Bob Menendez, Thad Cochran, Debbie Stabenow, Benjamin L. Cardin

    10. Nov 26, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  10. Sandy shows the need for a smarter power grid

    Approximately 200,000 people in Maryland were left without power in wake of hurricane Sandy on Oct. 30 2012. Three days later only 700 houses were still left without power. Jeannette M. Mills at Baltimore Gas and Electricity observed that the quick...

    Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Networking, Environmental Issues, Renewable Energy, Alternative Energy

    11. Sep 26, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  11. MarksJarvis: High-frequency trading disrupts stock market, keeps individuals anxious, wary

    Some people have lost their taste for the stock market, with many concluding it's more dangerous than they can tolerate for their kids' college money or retirement savings.
    Some people have lost their taste for the stock market, with many concluding it's more dangerous than they can tolerate for their kids' college money or retirement savings. And they have reason to be anxious. At a Senate banking committee hearing in...

    Tags: Personal Finance, Investments, Finance, Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC, Financing and Stock Offerings

    12. Jul 17, 2012 |Story| WTXX-LTV

  12. Blumenthal Signs on to a Tax Cut For Small Breweries

    It sounds like a hell of a simple, good idea: cutting federal taxes on small breweries, thus helping out boutique producers of fine, foamy delights and maybe even getting them to hire more workers.
    It sounds like a hell of a simple, good idea: cutting federal taxes on small breweries, thus helping out boutique producers of fine, foamy delights and maybe even getting them to hire more workers. And our own U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal is all over...

    Tags: Distilling and Brewing Industry, State Budgets, Executive Branch, The Pentagon, Richard Blumenthal

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