“Judge Sotomayor has a compelling personal story. As Americans, we should be proud she has been nominated. However, the role of the Senate is to give the president advice and consent, and we are required to go beyond the personal side of the nominee.
“After reviewing cases she decided, talking with lawyers who know her, and reviewing speeches and her testimony, I have concluded that I ca...
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July 31, 2009
SENATORS CALL ON FED TO RELEASE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE INFORMATION
WASHINGTON – With the Federal Reserve committing trillions of dollars of taxpayer-backed funds to bail out Wall Street, a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators today asked Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to release the names of the financial institutions that have received emergency assistance from the Federal Reserve and the amount of that assistance.
Senators Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) and Chuck Gras...
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