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Ashley Judd to Run for Senate in 2014?
• Ashley Judd may run for senate in 2014• Politicians in Kentucky see the actress and activist as a solid choice to challenge Senator Mitch McConnell next election cycle • Judd said, "I do receive a lot of encouragement to run...And my...
Tags: Scott P. Brown, 2012 Democratic National Convention, Ashley Judd, Elections, Politics
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INTERVIEW-U.S. Senator Warren calls for tough cross-border swap rules
ReutersBy Sarah N. Lynch and Douwe Miedema WASHINGTON, June 13 (Reuters) - Democratic Senator and Wall Street critic Elizabeth Warren is urging federal regulators to "show some backbone" and stick to their proposal for how new derivatives rules will apply to...Tags: Barack Obama, American International Group, Justice System, Financial Markets, Economy, Business and Finance
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Democrats make major push to hold Massachusetts Senate seat
WASHINGTON — With two weeks before Massachusetts votes in another special election for U.S. Senate, national Democrats are making a major play to retain the seat as a new poll shows a competitive race. As part of the closing push, President...
Tags: Boston, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Gabriel Gomez, John McCain, Rudy Giuliani
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Warren and Cruz: principled or polarizing?
Who is the face of American liberalism? Who is the face of American conservatism? In Washington politics and on social media these days, the king and queen of "base" politics are two freshman U.S senators — Texas' Ted Cruz for conservatives and...Tags: John McCain, Occupy Wall Street, Media Industry, Tea Party Movement, Republican Party
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Democrats seek to avoid repeat of 2010 loss in Massachusetts
WASHINGTON — Desperate to avoid another Massachusetts special-election debacle, Democrats are pulling out all the stops for Rep. Edward J. Markey in the contest to keep the Senate seat formerly held by Secretary of State John F. Kerry in...
Tags: Gabriel Gomez, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, National Security Agency, Edward J Markey, Republican Party
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Federal Reserve board did not vote on foreclosure pact -letter
ReutersJune 13 (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Reserve staff approved a multibillion dollar foreclosure settlement with banks earlier this year without a formal vote of the board governors, a top Fed official wrote in a letter to Congress. Federal regulators reached...Tags: JPMorgan Chase & Co., Elections, Government, U.S. Congress, Federal Reserve
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Why Add Higher Rates To Student Loan Burden?
Congress has until July 1 to pass a bill that keeps interest rates on subsidized federal student Stafford loans from doubling from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent. But instead of fixing the problem, the Republican-controlled House passed a bill mostly along...Tags: Joe Courtney, Money and Monetary Policy, U.S. Congress, Loans, Federal Reserve
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U.S. senator urges exchanges to require one-share-one-vote system
ReutersJune 5 (Reuters) - 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. Some...Tags: NYSE Euronext, Inc., Stock Market, Career and Workplace, Elections, Voting
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Elizabeth Warren to pen new book -- a middle-class call to arms?
A book can’t rescue the American middle class. But a lot of politicians who say they want to rescue the American middle class are writing books about their travails and their vision — all timed to come out as the 2016 presidential election...
Tags: Scott P. Brown, Political Fundraising, Authors, Elections, Tea Party Movement
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Why the medical device tax needs to stay
The chief drawback of a law as complex as the Affordable Care Act, the health insurance reform measure passed in 2010, is that it provides self-interested opponents a multitude of places to stick a wedge in and hammer away. But you'd be hard-pressed...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Economic Indicator, Health Insurance, Science and Technology, Al Franken
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Goldman Sachs wins even when muzzled by the feds
Almost three years ago, when Goldman Sachs Group Inc. paid $550 million to settle fraud accusations by the Securities and Exchange Commission, one of the claims was that Goldman misled the bond-insurer ACA Financial Guaranty Corp. in a horribly complex...Tags: Insurance, Justice System, Eric Holder, Mary Jo White, Ben Bernanke
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Letters: Sen. Warren speaks up
Re "Warren upends bankers, tradition," May 11 As the newest member of the Senate Banking Committee, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is a breath of fresh air. Finally, there's a voice in Washington for the people and a staunch advocate for consumers....Tags: Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
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