Tag: Elizabeth Warren

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Senate takes first step to passing Dodd-Frank relief for smaller banks

Joseph Lawler · March 6, 2018 4:32 pm

Sen. Elizabeth Warren claimed Tuesday morning the bill includes provisions that will allow Wall Street megabanks to take on more risk. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Elizabeth Warren goes to war against bipartisan bill: It’s ‘all about the big banks’

Joseph Lawler · March 6, 2018 3:18 pm

In this 2017 photo, dairy cows eat hay at the University of New Hampshire's Organic Dairy Research Farm in Lee, N.H. Those who wish to reduce the amount of antibiotics in the meat supply are eyeing on a set of bills that would speed up the approval of medicines for animals. They wish to attach language to the law that would restrict or add more reporting requirements on the use of antibiotics in livestock.

Stricter rules for antibiotics eyed for bills on animal drug fees

Kimberly Leonard · March 6, 2018 5:01 am

Regional bankers contend that they are not Wall Street banks, and shouldn't be regulated as such. They don't compare in size to banks like JPMorgan Chase, which has over $2 trillion in assets, and their activities are closer to those of community banks than they are to the complicated financial dealings of Goldman Sachs or Morgan Stanley.

GOP’s diminished hopes for Dodd-Frank rewrite rest on Democratic help

Joseph Lawler · March 6, 2018 5:01 am

When Phil Murphy decided to run for the governorship of New Jersey in 2016 and introduced his political platform, it included a plank for a public bank. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Public banking gets a toehold in New Jersey

Joseph Lawler · March 6, 2018 5:00 am

A Thompson submachine gun, better known as a "Tommy gun," is displayed at a New Mexico gun store. A wide swath of U.S. companies are reconsidering their relationship with the firearms industry after a high-school shooting spree that killed 17 people.

Gun rights vs. gun control: BlackRock has funds that appeal to both

James Langford · March 2, 2018 7:04 pm

Business renews Senate lobbying push after NLRB reversal on corporate liability

Sean Higgins · March 1, 2018 11:10 pm

John Ring told Sen. Elizabeth Warren and other Democrats he took the issue of conflicts of interest "very seriously" and would commit to avoiding any potential conflict. (@CSPAN/Twitter)

Democrats put Trump NLRB pick John Ring on notice

Sean Higgins · March 1, 2018 7:17 pm

CFPB Acting Director Mick Mulvaney has been sparring with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., in recent weeks over his management of regulation of payday lending. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Mick Mulvaney fires back at Elizabeth Warren over CFPB: ‘All I’m doing is the role you laid out’

Joseph Lawler · March 1, 2018 3:54 pm

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., sent a letter urging the BlackRock hedge fund to use its "financial leverage" to encourage "responsible actions" by gunmakers. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Elizabeth Warren loves corporate America putting its thumb on the political scales

Washington Examiner · March 1, 2018 5:01 am

Elizabeth Warren asks Wall Street to remind gunmakers how loudly money talks

James Langford · February 27, 2018 5:44 pm

The Save Local Business Act would once and for all nullify the original Obama-era decision by rewriting the National Labor Relations Act. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

‘Joint employer’ critics call on Senate to overturn latest NLRB move

Sean Higgins · February 26, 2018 11:27 pm