Durbin Tops Tester: Senate Swipe-Fee Plan Defeated
Durbin, who helped get the new fee limits inserted into last year’s financial regulatory overhaul, has estimated the vote would have handed the banks $1 billion a month.
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Graves: Small Businesses Key to Economic Recovery
Providing certainty for America’s small businesses should be the No. 1 priority for Washington, considering they are the backbone of our nation’s workforce and the engine of our economy.
‘Cage Match’ Over Swipe Fees
Durbin has estimated the vote would have handed the banks $1 billion a month.
Heard on the Hill: Nicely Named Newsletters
1. Under the Dome, Closer to Home — Rep. Mike Quigley’s (D-Ill.) newsletter has only had one issue so far, but it was our favorite, so it made the list.
NRCC Buys Ads Against Costello
Updated: 1:04 p.m. Republicans are targeting Rep. Jerry Costello with a television attack ad set to air in his new Illinois House district — even before Gov.
DHS Is House Office Security King
The Democrat hired Protection 1 Security Solutions, a nationwide company with several offices in Florida, though Scott would not comment on the specifics. Rep.
Welch: Don’t Let Delay Kill Swipe-Fee Protections
They add 1 percent to 3 percent to the price of nearly everything, no matter the form of payment used. The study estimated that swipe fees cost individuals $230 a year.
Swipe-Fee Vote Splits Democrats
With more than $1 billion a month at stake, the banks are making a last-ditch effort to line up 60 votes for Sen.
App Gives Washington a Walking Soundtrack
Next up is a park in New York and then one in California that stretches the length of Highway 1. This is giving us new tools and a way to compose music that’s completely new. It’s really exciting.
Pelosi: Obama Pulled Nation From Economic Crisis
“And the last six months we’ve added 1 million jobs in the economy. The last 15 months we’ve added 2 million jobs.”
McMorris Rodgers and Weiner: Local Pharmacies Play Essential Role in Care
These services have been shown to produce as much as a 12-to-1 return on investment.
Obama to Visit Puerto Rico
Of the 6.6 million Latinos estimated to have voted in the 2010 elections, about 1 million of them were of Puerto Rican origin.
NRCC Hits Brad Miller on Debt Limit Vote
Updated: 1:31 p.m. The National Republican Congressional Committee is leveraging Friday’s lackluster jobs numbers to hit Rep.
Dem Polling Suggests Bass Is Vulnerable on Medicare
Just 29 percent of likely voters in New Hampshire’s 2nd district approve of Bass’ job performance, according to a survey conducted May 31 and June 1 by the Democratic firm Public Policy Polling on
Edwards Indicted Over Cash Related to Mistress
Updated: 1:02 p.m. Former Sen.
Shimkus Tweets Serve a Higher Purpose
“Psalm 115:1 Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth’s sake,” read Wednesday’s tweet.
Cantor Seeks to Deliver
He maintained that the group has engaged in serious discussions, which have already pinpointed “well over $1 trillion” in cuts.
House GOP Breaking From Hawk Stereotype
“I think there is a growing awareness that, No. 1, we are in a very connected global economy and the economic relationships this country is now involved in in an international way are real,” Majority
Steve Cohen Pulls a Primary Challenge
In 2008, he beat Nikki Tinker, an African-American challenger in the primary, by a 5-1 margin.
Swipe Fees Battle May Move to States
The National Retail Federation launched radio spots in Alaska, New Hampshire and West Virginia as well as six other states this week as part of a $1 million campaign to defend the new limits.