No Support at White House for Lieberman Citizenship Bill
The bill comes in response to last weekend’s botched New York City car bombing by Pakistani-American Faisal Shahzad.
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The bill comes in response to last weekend’s botched New York City car bombing by Pakistani-American Faisal Shahzad.
The Democrats clearly anoint winners and losers in the financial regulatory restructuring bill sponsored by Sen.
After a frustrating day of procedural maneuvering, the Senate managed to dispense with a handful of amendments to the financial regulatory reform bill Thursday night and finished voting until next week
</p> “We’re not going to try. We’re going to do what we’re going to do,” Kerry said, adding that the bill would be introduced early next week.
</p> The current financial regulatory bill is a good bill and has many provisions that I support. Indeed, the Brown-Kaufman amendment is a complementary piece of legislation, not a substitute.
</p> The amendment “will gut consumer protections and is worse than the status quo.
</p> “Cinco de Mayo was used as an event to tell everybody we’re not going to do it this year,” said Rep.
</p> The Senate bill makes no attempt to address these inefficiencies at the SEC and other agencies.
</p> McCaskill two weeks ago triggered a rarely used rule requiring Senators to publicize their secret holds, but so far Sen.
The bill also establishes the Financial Oversight Council with the responsibilities to eye nationwide trends and risk, and it will allow us to better anticipate possible threats to the deposit fund and
Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) on Thursday predicted the three-way race for Senate in the Sunshine State would boil down to a contest between Rep. Kendrick Meek (D) and Gov.
The dissolution fund was an important amendment that I made sure was included in the House bill.
</p> On Thursday, the House Administration Committee held its first public hearing on the new bill, the Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act, which is co-sponsored by
A bipartisan bill would likely require completion of significant border security measures, such as the border reinforcements sought by Sens.
</p> As a member of the House Financial Services Committee, I said on the floor of the House in 1999 as I voted against the Gramm-Leach-Bliley bank deregulation bill: “I believe this legislation, in its
I have been a vocal supporter of an independent, stand-alone agency as established in the House bill.
</p> “They have stopped us from moving on this bill, period,” Reid said during a press conference Wednesday, adding, “Republicans are having difficulty determining how they can continue making love to
</p> Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Chairman Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), who is managing the financial services bill on the floor, indicated the chamber could pass a handful of amendments this afternoon
As a Senate climate change bill waits in the wings, Sen.
to the bill.