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One GOP lawmaker suggests sequester alternative
WASHINGTON – With Washington stalemated over the coming “sequester,” one Republican lawmaker suggested swapping the steep budget cuts for a rollback of President Obama’s regulatory agenda as a way around the impasse. The idea is...
Tags: Republican Party, Environmental Politics, Barack Obama, Parties and Movements, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Dianne Feinstein, Lindsey Graham on ‘Meet the Press’
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelSen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., will be a guest on ‘Meet the Press.' Photo credit: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images UPDATE: THE REVISED GUEST LIST IS AT THE BOTTOM: The fiscal cliff, Susan Rice and Benghazi will be topics on the Sunday morning... -
Outcast of his caucus
WASHINGTON -- It seems the Republicans have run out of squishy moderates to purge. Now they're starting to run conservatives out of town for being insufficiently doctrinaire. Exhibit A: The defenestration of Tom Cole. Cole, a deeply conservative...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Parties and Movements, Politics
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Maryland investment firms haven't abandoned Democrats
Wall Street might have turned its back on Democrats this election, but that's not the case among Maryland investment firms. The vast majority of contributions to candidates by T. Rowe Price employees went to Democrats. And Democrats were the...
Tags: Elizabeth Warren, Economy, Business and Finance, U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, T. Rowe Price, Paul Ryan
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House to pass 6-month spending bill
WASHINGTON (AP)— As its last major act before leaving Washington for the fall campaign, the House is voting to put the government on autopilot for six months. The temporary spending bill is needed to avert a government shutdown when the current...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Republican Party, Tea Party Movement, Paul Ryan, Budgets and Budgeting
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Kaine, Warner address jobs, federal budget during visit to western Virginia
ReporterOne day after announcing his plan to strengthen the nation’s economy, Democratic candidate Tim Kaine brought his campaign for the U.S. Senate to the Roanoke Valley. U.S. Senator Mark Warner joined Kaine for a campaign swing that started Thursday...Tags: Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Mark R. Warner, Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), Mining, Bristol (Bristol, Virginia)
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Just how risky should it have been to invest with Bernard Madoff?
Opinion L.A.Suppose you put $10,000 into an account with an investment advisor who promises to double your money every year. Two years later your account statement says you've got $33,000, so you happily withdraw $5,000. It seems too good to be...... -
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell: 'The private sector is strengthened when the public sector is restrained'
Top of the TicketRepublican Virginia governor cuts budget, invests in highways... -
Key House Republican praises Obama housing plan
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration's plan to gradually dissolve ailing housing giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and to shrink the government's role in the mortgage market drew praise from House Republicans on Tuesday. The GOP chairman of...Tags: Federal Housing Administration, Economy, Business and Finance, Mortgages, Spencer Bachus, Laws
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Top Republican on financial crisis panel slams it for partisanship
Money & CompanyThe federal commission that investigated the financial crisis descended into partisanship, with its Democratic majority pushing to find "villains and victims" rather than the true causes, the panel's top Republican said Wednesday. "It was clear from the... -
Obama administration releases plan for overhauling mortgage market, calls for phasing out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Money & CompanyThe Obama administration on Friday released its long-awaited proposal for overhauling the mortgage market, calling for gradually shutting down bailed-out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and reducing the government's now huge role in housing finance. The 32-... -
SEC chairwoman warns of budget constraints as Republicans look to cut more
Money & CompanySecurities and Exchange Commission Chairwoman Mary Schapiro warned on Friday that her agency doesn't have enough money to adequately police Wall Street, let alone draft dozens of new regulations required under the financial reform law. And that's before...
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