Topic: Judd Gregg
The first few weeks of a newly elected president's agenda is generally occupied with nominating his selections for the available fifteen Cabinet positions. Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico was President Obama's first choice for Secretary of Commerce, but due to legal ...
"That task is something I've asked Elizabeth Warren to TAKE ON". "The president called Warren, who will be an assistant and adviser, "one of the country's fiercest ADVOCATES for the middle class". "Sen. Judd Gregg, the ranking Republican on the Budget Committee, ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican lawmakers may not have much sway over a final financial regulation bill that could cut into banks' profitability and give shareholders more say on how their companies are run, Republican Senator Judd Gregg said on Thursday.As lawmakers get ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate was expected to appoint 12 senators, including banking committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, to a conference committee with the House of Representatives to hammer out a final Wall Street reform bill, said a source familiar with Senate discussions ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - To get financial reform legislation through the U.S. Senate Democrats need to peel away just one Republican to support their sweeping bill.To improve their odds, they are courting a handful of moderate Republicans, some of whom face reelection challenges, ...
Sen. Judd Gregg, a would-be Republican in Barack Obama's Cabinet, to join deficit commission A Republican senator whom Barack Obama once tried to make his secretary of commerce will be among the members of Congress to serve on the president's deficit commission.Friday's ...
Lame-duck Republican senator harbors hope of bipartisan deal with Obama on health care Unlike some of his lame-duck colleagues, Sen. Judd Gregg isn't disillusioned with Congress.The first invitations went to congressional leaders and the top members of the relevant committees, but Gregg ...
In this article the author relates his perspectives on the withdrawal of U.S. Republican Senator Judd Gregg for the Secretary of Commerce, which is the second nomination they have seen withdrawn in 2009 in the U.S. He states that Gregg withdrew, because ...
Congress sends Obama $106B bill to fund wars in Iraq and AfghanistanCongress on Thursday sent President Barack Obama a massive spending bill aimed at ensuring that the military efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan won't run out of money in the coming months.The ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate rejected on Thursday an attempt to strip a $1 billion program aimed at spurring flagging U.S. car sales from a pending $106 billion war funding bill.The Senate voted 60-36 to keep the program that would provide ...