Spencer Bachus News

Global consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton is paying the price for playing fast and loose with federal contracting rules.

An ethics investigation of Financial Services Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus has put Speaker John Boehner in a politically tricky spot.

ALABAMA: I was amused when I saw this article concerning the investigation of United States Representative Spencer Bachus.

Candidates running against U.S. Rep. Spencer Bachus said Friday that news of his ethics investigation has given their campaigns a boost and altered the dynamic of what is now a one-month sprint to the Republican primary.

GOP congressman subject of insider trading investigation Rep. Spencer Bachus is under investigation for insider trading.

Al Hunt, executive editor for Washington at Bloomberg News and a Bloomberg View columnist, talks about the race for the Republican presidential nomination and the ethics investigation involving U.S. House Financial Services Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus.

Here they are: Thing One: Income Inequality Feeds Itself: There's an old saying that you've got to have money to make money.

Checking in on trading at -- US stocks thing. The SP 500 is on track to snap a three game winning streak as tensions flare up over stalled -- talks for a financial bail out.

When Wall Street does insider trading, they do it big. Think about it: the latest big insider trading scandal involving now defunct hedge funds Level Global , Dell Computers, and Diamondback Capital allegedly netted the funds $57 million.

Mitt Romney is set to make a big speech to win the hearts of conservatives, but is will that be enough? Erica Hill and Charlie Rose speak with Major Garrett about Romney's problems.

I hope you'll watch. #decision2012 @ RickSantorum : RT @ JHoganGidley : As of 7pm tonight the @ RickSantorum campaign had raised about 2.2 million dollars in two days.

Here's a good Wall Street Journal page-one story on how the energy boom is driving economic activity across the U.S. The lede anecdote is smart.

The Office of Congressional Ethics is investigating the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee over possible violations of insider-trading laws, according to sources familiar with the case.

Robopollster: Well, would it make any difference to you to know that Tommy Bryant is in favor of preserving our way of life and free enterprise? Robopollster: Well, would it make any difference to you to know that Tommy Bryant's parents raised him to follow the Golden Rule? OK, so Robopollster gave up trying to convince me that Tommy Bryant is the ... (more)

Congressman Spencer Bachus announced Feb. 1 that the Isabella Fire and Rescue Company in Maplesville has been awarded a $213,750 federal fire grant for the purchase of a new fire truck.

A leading environmental watchdog has ranked Alabama's GOP-dominated congressional delegation as among the worst in protecting public health and preserving the environment.

House Republicans have introduced their version of a bill to ban insider trading by thousands of federal officials, and have added provisions to bar lawmakers convicted of a felony from collecting their government pensions.

Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Camas, joined fellow Republican Rep. Lynn Westmoreland of Georgia on Tuesday in requesting a House hearing on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s sale of loans from failed banks, including the former Bank of Clark County, to Miami-based Rialto Capital Management, as well as similar sales.

A legal issue causing widespread angst among banks supervised by the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is triggering bipartisan concern on Capitol Hill , with lawmakers of both parties considering working together to blunt the chances of a behind the scenes show-down between the fledgling financial regulator and financial firms.

The PrivateA EquityA & Growth Capital Council, which was formed in 2007 by several of the country's largest private equity firms, quietly formed a political action committee last spring and began making campaign contributions this past summer.