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Frank And Dodd Side With Mortgage Investors
The battle to stem foreclosures creates strange bedfellows. In the battle to stem foreclosures, two left-leaning policymakers have formed an unlikely alliance with mortgage investors.
Burris not running, cites fundraising
A A Burris: "I will not run" July 10: Illinois Sen. Roland Burris says that he is bowing out of the 2010 Senate race because of the burden of raising money to pay for a campaign.
House bill would extend flood insurance program
A bill that would extend the National Flood Insurance Program through March 31, 2010, was introduced in the House on Thursday.
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Audit the Fed Blocked by Senate Procedural Move
The feisty congressman from Texas, whose insurgent "Ron Paul Revolution" presidential campaign rankled Republican leaders last year, now has the GOP House leadership on his side -- backing a measure that generated paltry support when he first introduced it 26 years ago.
Continue reading "Tens of billions remain in bank bailout fund"
The government has tens of billions of dollars left in the eye-popping $700 billion bank bailout fund created last fall, prompting a debate in Congress over what to do with it.
JPMorgan, Bank of America Switch Credit Cards to Variable Interest Rates
JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Bank of America Corp. are replacing fixed interest rates on some credit cards with variable rates, citing changing costs and new U.S. curbs on pricing.
Democrats skeptical of consumer protection agency
The chairman of the House Financial Services Committee is throwing his weight behind President Barack Obama's plan to create a government agency to protect consumers from risky mortgages and credit cards, although some of his colleagues are skeptical of the details.
Federal Government Was Culprit in Housing and Economic Crisis, Says Congressional Report
Rep. Barney Frank , chairman of the House Financial Services Committee. Washington Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were the chief culprits in the housing crisis because they encouraged people who could not afford payments to borrow money, according to a congressional report released Tuesday.
Barney Frank: Online Gambling a Right
Critic of military spending, protector of the environment and legislative leader on behalf of home owners across the United States, Representative Barney Frank visited Las Vegas on Sunday to speak at the World Series of Poker.
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President calls attention to 'hate crimes' bill
While the free speech implications are not clear in a "hate crimes" bill pending in Congress, LCMS President Dr.
Frank 'optimistic' repeal of UIGEA will pass
Barney Frank sharpened his rhetoric against UIGEA proponents and promised to move forward on bills that would suspend and ultimately repeal the UIGEA when he visited the Main Event at the World Series of Poker Sunday.
Michael Martin: Broke: The New American Dream
A new documentary Directed by Michael Covel has been released that takes a hard look at the decisions we as a country make about money.
At WSOP, Frank optimistic for online gambling bill
Sun, Jul 5, 2009 A Democratic congressman at the World Series of Poker to rally support for legalizing and regulating Internet gambling says he thinks he can get a bill passed by next year.
Wake Up, Check Your E-mail, Buy Some Weed
Most people have a routine when they turn on their computers, whether it's checking their e-mail , reading the news ora ordering pot? Artists Collective, based in Los Angeles, recently started using Twitter to keep its costumers updated on its stash.
There exists a brilliantly orchestrated conspiracy to keep gay and lesbian politicians as closeted as possible." So begins the recently released film "Outrage", that purports to constitute a documentary about the hypocrisy of gay politicians who have the affrontery to vote against "gay rights". The filmmakers insist that they are not attempting to ...
S.E.C. May Reinstate Rules for Short-Selling Stocks
They have been reviled as the bad hats of Wall Street, nefarious traders who cashed in on the market collapse and, some insist, helped precipitate it.
Inouye's office inquired about bank's aid request
Hardly a bank bailout hearing goes by in Congress without a lawmaker raising a question on behalf of constituent banks that have applied for federal assistance from the government's financial bailout fund.
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Single-Payers Crashing the Gates
One of the many frustrations for advocates of single-payer health care is the relentless drive to marginalize us, not only by conservatives but also by members of our own party.
Rules of the Republican Priesthood
Across the street they've nailed the curtains They're getting ready for the feast The Phantom of the Opera A perfect image of a priest They're spoon-feeding Casanova To get him to feel more assured Then they'll kill him with self-confidence After poisoning him with words And the Phantom's shouting to skinny girls "Get Outa Here If You Don't Know ...
Morris falsely claimed that "government is telling people, cut back on cesarean sections"
EMBED SUMMARY: Dick Morris falsely claimed that "right now the government is telling people, cut back on cesarean sections, go through natural childbirth.