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    Mar 29, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News
  1. NFU: Poultry grower fairness provisions endangered by Senate continuing resolution

    WASHINGTON - National Farmers Union (NFU) signed a coalition letter on March 13 urging opposition to a policy rider in the Senate version of the Fiscal Year 2013 Continuing Resolution that would rescind regulations that help ensure fair markets for...

    Tags: Barbara A. Mikulski, Politics

  2. Feb 21, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  3. Hagel wins another GOP vote, others call for nomination to be pulled

    WASHINGTON – Fifteen GOP senators called on President Obama to withdraw Chuck Hagel’s nomination to lead the Pentagon, even as support from another Republican increased the likelihood he will be confirmed when Congress returns from recess next week.
    WASHINGTON – Fifteen GOP senators called on President Obama to withdraw Chuck Hagel’s nomination to lead the Pentagon, even as support from another Republican increased the likelihood he will be confirmed when Congress returns from recess next...

    Tags: Mike Johanns, U.S. Department of Defense, Jay Carney, Parties and Movements, Republican Party

  4. Jan 28, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  5. The challenging math of passing immigration reform

    WASHINGTON – Senators from both parties are expressing enthusiasm for pushing a comprehensive overhaul of the nation’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: Parties and Movements, Frank Lautenberg, Chuck Schumer, Thomas R. Carper, Politics

  6. Jan 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  7. Mary Jo White won't be intimidated as SEC chief, Obama says

    WASHINGTON -- President Obama nominated Mary Jo White to be the new head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, saying her track record as a hard-nosed prosecutor means she won't be easily intimidated as Wall Street's new top watchdog.
    WASHINGTON -- President Obama nominated Mary Jo White to be the new head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, saying her track record as a hard-nosed prosecutor means she won't be easily intimidated as Wall Street's new top watchdog. "You don't...

    Tags: Elizabeth Warren, White House, Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer, Business Institutions

  8. Dec 19, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  9. Mikulski to lead Senate Appropriations Committee

    In an unexpected move that could have significant implications for Maryland, Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski will be named the first female chair of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday.
    In an unexpected move that could have significant implications for Maryland, Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski will be named the first female chair of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday. The Baltimore native and Maryland Democrat, who had...

    Tags: Government, Somerset County (Maryland), Barack Obama, Christopher Van Hollen Jr., Politics

  10. Jun 10, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune
  11. JPMorgan's Dimon To Go To Washington

    WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jamie Dimon will be playing a new role in Washington this Wednesday, called to explain JPMorgan's recent trading debacle after years of being known as the Wall Street banker who got it right during the financial crisis.
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    WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jamie Dimon will be playing a new role in Washington this Wednesday, called to explain JPMorgan's recent trading debacle after years of being known as the Wall Street banker who got it right during the financial crisis....

    Tags: Finance, Federal Reserve, Republican Party, Banking, Democratic Party

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  22. Dec 13, 2011 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  23. GOP's anti-democratic tantrum

    "Balanced." "Fair-minded." Showing "great personal integrity." These are some of the terms a bipartisan group of 37 state attorneys general used to describe former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray, President Barack Obama's nominee for director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Add to that list "good public servant," the phrase Ohio Republican Sen. Robert Portman used to describe him just days ago.
    "Balanced." "Fair-minded." Showing "great personal integrity." These are some of the terms a bipartisan group of 37 state attorneys general used to describe former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray, President Barack Obama's nominee for director of the...

    Tags: U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Government, Finance, Countrywide Financial Corp., Republican Party

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