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Senate confirms Cordray as consumer bureau chief
WASHINGTON - The Senate on Tuesday confirmed a director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, ending a nearly two-year standoff in Congress and putting the new agency on sounder legal footing.
UPDATE 3-US Senate confirms Cordray as consumer bureau chief
WASHINGTON, July 16 - The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed a director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, ending a nearly two-year standoff in Congress and putting the new agency on sounder legal footing.
Majority of Senate votes to confirm consumer bureau leader
WASHINGTON - A majority of senators voted on Tuesday to confirm Richard Cordray as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, nearly two years after he was first nominated to the post.
Majority of U.S. Senate votes to confirm consumer bureau leader
WASHINGTON, July 16 - A majority of U.S. senators voted on Tuesday to confirm Richard Cordray as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, nearly two years after he was first nominated to the post.
Senator urges exchanges to require one-share-one-vote system
- A U.S. senator has asked exchange operators NYSE Euronext and Nasdaq OMX Group to consider proposing rules that would require the companies that list their shares with them to have "one share, one vote" corporate structures.
U.S. senator urges exchanges to require one-share-one-vote system
June 5 - A U.S. senator has asked exchange operators NYSE Euronext and Nasdaq OMX Group to consider proposing rules that would require the companies that list their shares with them to have "one share, one vote" corporate structures.
Senate to hold vote on consumer watchdog director next week
- Senate Democratic leaders plan to hold a vote next week on President Barack Obama's choice to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a Senate Democratic aide said on Wednesday, but they are not expected to muster enough votes to confirm him.
U.S. Senate to hold vote on consumer watchdog director next week
May 15 - U.S. Senate Democratic leaders plan to hold a vote next week on President Barack Obama's choice to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a Senate Democratic aide said on Wednesday, but they are not expected to muster enough votes to confirm him.
Senator Warren wants bank settlements to be justified
WASHINGTON - An outspoken freshman senator with a record of taking on Wall Street wants financial regulators and federal prosecutors to provide an economic justification for allowing big banks to settle investigations without admitting any wrongdoing.
UPDATE 2-US Senator Warren wants bank settlements to be justified
WASHINGTON, May 14 - An outspoken freshman U.S. senator with a record of taking on Wall Street wants financial regulators and federal prosecutors to provide an economic justification for allowing big banks to settle investigations without admitting any wrongdoing.
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McCain, Biden coming together for Sedona, Arizona forum
These days Washington is not known for bipartisanship, but every now and then a breakthrough is made. It is noteworthy that Vice President Joe Biden, a Democrat, and Senator John McCain, a Republican, are appearing together at a forum in Sedona, Arizona on Friday.
Same-state U.S. presidential contenders could vex donors
WASHINGTON - As Texas Senator Ted Cruz charmed Republican activists and religious leaders in Iowa last week, he insisted that he was there to promote his party's agenda and not to test conservative voters' enthusiasm for him as a potential candidate for president in 2016.
- House Republicans to push $40 billion cut to food stamp program
- Senate votes to confirm Samantha Power as new U.N. ambassador
- Obama picks government trouble-shooter Koskinen to lead IRS
- Senate Republicans block $54 billion transport spending bill
- Activists mobilize for busy August on immigration, Obamacare


