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Turning the tables on Jack Lew
WASHINGTON -- President Obama won re-election in part by beating up on his opponent for receiving big corporate payouts in exchange for dubious work and for socking away money in tax havens such as the Cayman Islands. So it's a bit, well, rich that...
Tags: Barack Obama, Washington, DC, Political Fundraising, Chuck Grassley, U.S. Senate
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Offshore wind bill moves in MD House
Legislation to subsidize an offshore wind energy project off Ocean City moved ahead Friday, as the House Economic Matters Committee approved the measure, a priority of Gov. Martin O'Malley and many environmental activists. The committee voted 14-7 to...
Tags: Executive Branch, Alternative Energy, Baltimore County, Ocean City, Howard County
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N.J. to join federal health-care exchange, Christie says
TRENTON, N.J. Gov. Chris Christie said Friday he gave formal notice to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that New Jersey will join a federally administered exchange in 2014. Friday was the deadline for states to join the federal system,...Tags: Barack Obama, Chris Christie, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance Cost, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Treasury nominee Jacob Lew faces tough questions on Citigroup job
WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary nominee Jacob J. Lew on Wednesday faced tough questions from Republican senators about his tenure as a top executive at Citigroup Inc. in the years leading up to the financial crisis. Lew was criticized for not knowing...
Tags: Investments, Citigroup Incorporated, Republican Party, Max Baucus, Mitt Romney
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O'Malley pitches offshore wind
With hope of having better luck this year, Gov. Martin O'Malley went before the Senate Finance Committee Wednesday to pitch his plan for boosting offshore wind energy projects off Maryland's coast. Appearing more than 20 mintues late, the governor urged...
Tags: Agriculture, Executive Branch, Environmental Issues, Ocean City, Politics
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Treasury nominee Jacob J. Lew says he would work to boost recovery
WASHINGTON -- Treasury secretary nominee Jacob J. Lew told senators Wednesday that his top priority was to boost the economic recovery while also grappling with the nation's growing debt. In his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee,...Tags: Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, Finance, New York University, Max Baucus
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Senate Finance Advances Cruise Ship Bill
Channel 2 NewsThe Senate Finance Committee has advanced a bill that would change how Alaska regulates cruise ship wastewater. HB80 has passed the House. Senate Finance is the last committee on the Senate side scheduled to review it before it moves to a vote. The...Tags: Standards, Politics, Science and Technology
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In letter to McCord, PA Revenue Secretary defends planned Lottery privatization.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekWIth a Thursday deadline looming for the Corbett administration to decide whether to accept the Camelot Group's bid to manage the $3.5 billion Pennsylvania Lottery, state Treasurer Rob McCord's office has released a letter it received from a senior... -
Former Sen. Bromwell released from federal prison
Former state Sen. Thomas L. Bromwell Sr., who was sentenced to seven years in prison on a federal bribery conviction, has been released into a community reintegration program, the U.S. Bureau of Prisons said Thursday. Leah Ominsky, a prisons official,...Tags: Prisons, Thomas L Bromwell, Corporate Crime, Punishment, Bribery
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Wednesday Morning Coffee: Lottery union says it could beat private bid.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekGood Wednesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Just when you thought things couldn't get any weirder with the debate over whether to turn the day-to-day management of the $3.5 billion PA Lottery to an English company, the union representing about 200 agency........ -
Senator Kevin Meyer Wants to Finish Started Capital Projects
Channel 2 NewsA co-chair of the Senate Finance Committee says he'd like the state to finish capital projects before funding new ones. Sen. Kevin Meyer told reporters Tuesday that that is his own goal, and that he hasn't spoken with the House Finance co-chair or...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance
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Time to break up the biggest Wall Street banks
TARP, the infamous Troubled Assets Relief Program that bailed out Wall Street in 2008, is finally over. The Treasury Department recently announced it will soon be completing the sale of the remaining shares it owns of the banks and of General Motors....
Tags: U.S. Congress, Jeb Hensarling, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Federal Reserve, Finance
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Feb 8, 2013
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Feb 7, 2013
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Jan 30, 2013
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