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"Lawmakers press Geithner on US insurance oversight" from Reuters
Jan 23, 2009
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By Kevin Drawbaugh for Reuters - Seven U.S. lawmakers on Friday urged Treasury Secretary nominee Timothy Geithner to boost federal oversight of insurance companies, a long-held goal of much -- although not all -- of the insurance industry.
Democratic Rep. Melissa Bean of Illinois, Republican Rep....
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"The Big Question: Obama's Envoys" from The Hill
Jan 23, 2009
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The Big Question is a feature where influential lawmakers, pundits and interest group leaders give their answers to a question that’s driving discussion in news circles around the country. Today’s Big Question is: What are the odds Obama’s new envoys can make a difference in the Middle East, Afghan...
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"Bush commutation of ex-agents' sentences brings relief" from Orange County Register
Jan 19, 2009
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By Dena Bunis and Cindy Carcamo for the Orange County Register – With less than 24 hours to go in office, President George W. Bush today commuted the sentences of two former border patrol agents in federal prison for shooting a fleeing Mexican drug dealer.
Two Orange County lawmakers who have bee...
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"House Debates Conditions for Rest of TARP Funds" from American Banker
Jan 14, 2009
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By Stacy Kaper for the American Banker -- Democrats and Republicans squared off Tuesday over whether the incoming Obama administration should be given the remaining $350 billion in Troubled Asset Relief Program funds.
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank said he had introduced...
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"Lawmakers implore Bush to free ex-border agents" from Orange County Register
Jan 14, 2009
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By Dena Bunis for the Orange County Register -- With just six days left of the Bush presidency, Rep.Dana Rohrabacher and a group of a dozen House members, including Rep. Ed Royce, held a press conference today to again implore the president to pardon or commute the sentences of the two ex-border p...
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GOP lawmakers ask: To bailout or not to bailout?
Jan 13, 2009
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By Ronald D. Orol for MarketWatch -- House Republicans clashed with Democrats on Tuesday over whether Congress should release the second half of a $700 billion bank bailout bill and if it is approved what conditions should be attached to it.
"We're seeing this transform into a grab bag, to get t...
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NumbersUSA Announces Immigration- Reduction Leaders
Oct 27, 2008
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NumbersUSA recognizes Ed Royce (R-CA) and these Members of Congress as having earned a high NumbersUSA Immigration-Reduction Grades in their parties out of 435 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives. They outperformed 95 percent of their colleagues.
"As Grade-A Representatives for sensible...
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"House turns down Wall Street bailout; Dow down nearly 500" from Orange County Register
Sep 29, 2008
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By Dena Bunis for The Orange County Register – In a nail-biter vote, the House of Representatives just voted down the bipartisan $700 billion financial bailout compromise by a vote of 205-228.
Orange County's lawmakers split their votes: Reps. John Campbell, R-Irvine, Gary Miller, R-Diamond ...
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"US-India nuclear deal faces setback in US Congress" from AP
Sep 27, 2008
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By Foster Klug for AP — The House took up a landmark U.S.-Indian nuclear cooperation accord on Friday, a deal that faces a major obstacle in the Senate regardless of what the House does.
Supporters warned that while Congress argued over the deal, American businesses were losing opportunities...
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"Desperate Straits of Fannie, Freddie Triggered Their Seizure" from Wall Street Journal
Sep 26, 2008
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By Jessica Holzer from the Wall Street Journal -- The regulator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac told lawmakers Thursday that the federal government seized control of the mortgage giants after they said they wouldn't be able to raise more capital without financing from the U.S. Treasur...
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