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The chairman of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee is forging a financial reform bill vastly different from the Treasury Department's initiative, sources said.

Here is the text of Sen. Christopher Dodd 's press release Friday on the extension of the home buyers' tax credit.

Close NOVEMBER 6, 2009 Clash Looms on Banks By DAMIAN PALETTA WASHINGTON -- A key Senate lawmaker is readying legislation that would dramatically redraw how the financial system is regulated, setting the chamber on a collision course with both the House of Representatives and the Obama administration, which have championed markedly different ...

After nearly a month of gridlock, the Senate voted unanimously to extend unemployment benefits for some 1.3 million jobless Americans expected to lose benefits by the end of the year.

Senate Majority Leader Reid is angling for a favorable CBO score on his health proposals to win support from deficit hawks, even as he keeps those senators, and everyone else, largely in the dark.

Peter Schiff intends to vote on Tuesday. That normally would not be news, but Schiff has made it clear that he has largely avoided voting in his lifetime.

Businesses would not be required to provide health insurance under legislation being readied for Senate debate, officials tell the Associated Press AP Photos Oct.

As health care reform gains traction in Congress, a major insurer in Connecticut is warning that premiums in individual and small-employer plans could skyrocket if there isn't a strong mandate for getting coverage for all Americans.

The U.S. Senate Banking Committee has voted Thursday to approve legislation that would impose sanctions on companies that help Iran acquire refined petroleum products.

Sen. Joseph Lieberman on Tuesday threatened to join a Republican-led filibuster of a Democratic health care plan unless congressional leaders drop their plans for a government-run insurance option.

Senate Banking Chairman Christopher Dodd has unveiled legislation to freeze credit-card interest rates until a new law takes effect next year that would rein in abusive and unfair card practices.

Washington, D.C. - " U.S. Sen. Al Franken wrote to Chairmen Baucus and Harkin and Sen.

If Republican Chris Christie is being outspent by Democratic incumbent Gov. Jon Corzine in New Jersey's down-to-the-wire gubernatorial election, independent Chris Daggett is being swamped.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., second from right, accompanied by, from left, White House Health Care czar Nancy Ann DeParle, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen.

A top U.S. Senate Democrat moved Monday to impose an immediate freeze on credit card interest rates, as congressional Democrats continue their ongoing efforts to rein in perceived industry abuses.

HACKENSACK, N.J. Many of the country's largest banks moved last month to get out in front of lawmakers' plans to curb the piling on of overdraft loan fees that critics say are usurious and prey on those who can least afford them.

Despite many of the countrya s national banks implementing new rules to limit overdraft charges on its customers, U.S. Senator Dodda s, D-CT, Fairness and Accountability in Receiving Overdraft Coverage Act certainly threatens the revenues these banks generate from those fees.

Rep. Edolphus Towns The bipartisan efforts on the part of congressional Democrats seems to know no bounds.

President Barack Obama is doing more than promoting clean energy with a tour of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Emanuel will be the keynote speaker when the Chamber' s board of directors meets Nov.