Tag: Finance

A highway spending bill would take funds from both large banks and the Federal Reserve. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

Highway bill raises funds from banks and Fed

Joseph Lawler · December 1, 2015 8:31 pm

Puerto Rico has asked the U.S. Congress to pass legislation allowing the island territory to seek relief under U.S. bankruptcy laws. (AP file photo/Ricardo Arduengo)

Puerto Rico dodges default, but warns of ‘tenuous’ finances

Pete Kasperowicz · December 1, 2015 5:13 pm

"Despite the importance of attacking the financial positions of ISIS, the Republican leadership has been holding up Adam Szubin's nominations for nearly eight months," Elizabeth Warren said. (AP Photo)

Fed’s new bailout curbs fail to appease critics on Left and Right

Joseph Lawler · December 1, 2015 12:29 am

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

Tax plans collide: Cruz vs. Rubio

Joseph Lawler · November 30, 2015 5:01 am

Once questions surrounding the earned income tax credit are resolved, the major question for Republicans will be tightening work requirements for welfare programs, partly by rolling back some of the changes President Obama has made. (AP Photo)

Earned income tax credits on GOP’s welfare agenda

Joseph Lawler · November 30, 2015 5:01 am

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported Thursday that the total U.S. student debt eclipsed the $1.2 trillion mark in the third quarter of 2015.Â (AP Photo/David Goldman, file)

Student loan debt eclipses $1.2 trillion

Joseph Lawler · November 19, 2015 4:00 pm

Jeb Bush vs. Wall Street?

Beltway Confidential

Jeb Bush vs. Wall Street?

Timothy P. Carney · November 19, 2015 2:34 am

The true love story of Hillary and Wall Street

The true love story of Hillary and Wall Street

Timothy P. Carney · November 17, 2015 10:00 pm

When Hillary Clinton was first elected to the Senate in 2000, she set a record: No senator had ever been elected with as much money in contributions from the finance sector as she had.Â (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Beltway Confidential

Hillary was raking in Wall St. cash long before 9/11 — Citigroup was her top source of money in 2000

Timothy P. Carney · November 16, 2015 4:17 pm

Hillary Clinton's "effort to tug on Americans' heartstrings instead of explaining her Wall Street ties --Â on a day that the scars of 9/11 were exposed anew --Â was at best botched rhetoric," the New York Times wrote Monday morning.Â (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

NY Times rips Clinton’s ‘cynical’ answer on her Wall Street ties

Ariel Cohen · November 16, 2015 1:17 pm

Sen. Bernie Sanders said Hillary Clinton's answer to questions about her Wall Street ties was "not good enough" during the second Democratic debate Saturday evening.Â (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Sanders: Clinton ‘not good enough’ on Wall Street

Sarah Bedford · November 15, 2015 3:25 am