Topic: Carl Levin
Democrat Carl Levin is the senior House .During the January 22, 2009 Senate confirmation hearing of Dennis Blair, nominee for director of national intelligence under the Obama Administration, Levin grilled Blair on whether waterboarding was torture. Obama spy choice won't call waterboarding ...
Democratic leaders in the Senate are weighing their options on repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'Democratic leaders in the Senate are weighing their options on repeal of “Don't Ask, Don't Tell,” the 1993 law that bans gay troops from serving openly. House ...
Senator's primary victory gives new life to measure limiting bank businessSen. Blanche Lincoln's surprise primary election victory in Arkansas means, ironically, that legislation to rein in Wall Street could end up being more to the liking of liberals who opposed her.Lincoln's survival, ...
US President Barack Obama's Republican foes, angry over his historic health overhaul, derailed Senate hearings Wednesday on Afghan police training and North Korea's nuclear drive.Democrats denounced the maneuver, with Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin declaring: "Our national security should not ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Legislation that would write into law and widen the proposed "The bill, drawn up by senators Jeff Merkley and Carl Levin, would apply not only to banks, but also to "large, interconnected nonbank financial institutions," said a summary of ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two Senate Democrats said they will propose on Wednesday placing new limits on proprietary trading by banks and nonbank financial firms, widening the 'Volcker rule' backed by the White House.Merkley and Levin want to impose the rule but broaden ...
The US Senate said Wednesday that North Korea poses a " threat" to its neighbors and mandated a review to see whether Washington should return the secretive regime to a US terrorism blacklist.By a vote of 66-31, lawmakers asked President Barack Obama ...
The 550.4-billion-dollar defense budget approved by US senators includes a plan to reform the controversial military tribunal process at Guantanamo Bay, the Armed Services Committee chairman said. "Those commissions... and their procedures have got to be changed to ensure that they are ...
Democrats push for interrogation investigations while Republicans say it's time to move onA leading Democratic senator said Sunday independent investigators should determine whether Bush administration officials ought to face charges over the harsh interrogation techniques used against suspected terrorists.The White House had ...
There is a lot of interest in policy initiatives from the Obama Administration. We have been looking for hints on this subject from anyone in the Obama administration. Since the SEC has authority over FASB in setting accounting rules, the confirmation hearings ...
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