Tag: David Vitter

Sen. David Vitter, R-La., announced at a hearing Wednesday that he is developing new legislation that would ensure that the EPA, and any other big agency, does not avoid the law in measuring the effects of its rules on small businesses. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Energy and Environment

GOP, Dems find common ground in going after EPA

John Siciliano · April 27, 2016 5:18 pm

A Republican senator said that on Tuesday, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy promised to turn over documents and communications about the Flint water crisis in "a day or two." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Energy and Environment

Vitter slams EPA for missing deadline on Flint docs

Kyle Feldscher · April 22, 2016 8:53 pm

Democratic Leader Harry Reid has certainly supported the "Biden Rule" of the Senate in the past. As he explained in 2005: "Nowhere in [the Constitution] does it say the Senate has a duty to give presidential [nominees] a vote." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Democrats’ SCOTUS ‘Fairy Tale’

David Vitter · April 21, 2016 4:03 am

Big banks such as Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley would have to increase their capital levels by as much as 40 percent, on average, to be adequately capitalized. (AP Photo)

Study: Big banks don’t have enough capital cushion

Joseph Lawler · March 26, 2016 4:01 am

The "Remittance Status Verification Act," would require a fee on remittances for customers who wire money to another country but cannot prove that they are in the United States legally. (Susana Gonzalez/Bloomberg)

We need to crack down on illegal immigrants wiring money out of the U.S.

David Vitter · March 7, 2016 5:03 am

The industry's pursuit of exporting facilities stems from the country's recent climb to become the biggest natural gas producer in the world. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)

Energy and Environment

First U.S. natural gas exports bound for Brazil

John Siciliano · February 24, 2016 8:46 pm

"The Obama administration has shown a complete lack of both competence and interest when it comes to securing our borders and enforcing our immigration laws," Vitter wrote. (AP File Photo/Melinda Deslatte)

Report: Non-citizens sent $54 billion to foreign countries in 2014

Anna Giaritelli · February 24, 2016 12:28 am

"This administration only lasts another year-and-a-half anyway, so the momentum swings to us progressively in this situation," said Rep. John Fleming, R-La. (AP File Photo)

Rep. Fleming will run to replace Vitter in Senate

Susan Ferrechio · December 1, 2015 3:13 pm

The re-proposal, Fed chairwoman Janet Yellen said, contains other "significant" changes "to ensure that our rule will be applied in a manner that aligns with the intent of the Congress and the Dodd-Frank Act." (AP Photo)

Fed votes to limit its bailout powers

Joseph Lawler · November 30, 2015 2:22 pm

Vitter loses to Dem in La. governor race

Curt Mills · November 22, 2015 4:01 am

Surge of Democratic turnout has yet to appear

Michael Barone · November 9, 2015 5:01 am

Brutal ad says Vitter ‘chose prostitutes over patriots’

Anna Giaritelli · November 7, 2015 1:31 am