House Passes Student Loan Bill, Setting Up Showdown
The bill would head off a doubling of interest rates, instead tying the rates to prevailing market trends, an approach not favored by Senate ...
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Bank’s Lobbyists Help in Drafting Financial Bills
Citigroup’s ideas were reflected in more than 70 lines of one 85-line bill.
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Senate Confirms Srinivasan for Court Seat
The Senate voted unanimously to confirm Sri Srinivasan, President Obama’s nominee for a long-vacant seat on the United States Court of Appeals in ...
Obama Nominates 2 Senate Aides for S.E.C. Posts
The nominees, Kara Stein and Michael Piwowar, are familiar with the Wall Street regulatory agency’s business through their ...
Two Top Republicans Support Nuland Nomination
Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham, two of the strongest Republican critics of the Obama administration's handling of the Benghazi attack, ...
Allies of Immigration Bill Aim for Added Support
Backers of the legislation headed to the Senate floor were mobilizing to bring more Republicans on board by focusing on strengthening its ...
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Somebody Did Something
Yes, people, it’s true. Immigration reform has advanced in the Senate. At least the committee didn’t repeal anything.
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The Early Word: Redefining the Fight
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A Wife With Powerful Ties Is an Unexpected Architect of a New York Comeback
Huma Abedin has been a driving force behind Anthony Weiner’s return, drawing on her close connection with the Clinton family to lay the ...
Obama and Christie to Reunite on Jersey Shore
President Obama and Gov. Chris Christie, Republican of New Jersey, will reprise their pre-election tour of the coastal areas ravaged by Hurricane ...