Senate Banking panel backs Obama's Fed nominees
Market Watch Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:12 AM PDT
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - The Senate Banking Committee on Thursday approved President Barack Obama's nominees to fill two vacancies on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. The panel backed Harvard University economics professor Jeremy Stein, a Democrat, and former private-equity executive Jerome Powell, a Republican. The nominations now move to the Senate floor for a final confirmation vote ... |
Bill to revoke oil tax breaks fails in Senate
Market Watch Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:12 AM PDT
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- A White House-backed bill that would strip tax breaks away from big oil companies failed in the Senate on Thursday. Hailed earlier Thursday by President Barack Obama at a Rose Garden event, the bill would have repealed tax breaks including a domestic manufacturing credit. The bill required 60 votes to advance but garnered only 51. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire ... |
Sen. Bill Nelson Leads Challenger Connie Mack by 8 Points, New Poll Reveals
The Inquisitr Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:11 AM PDT
Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) is pulling ahead of Republican challenger Connie Mack in Florida, a Quinnipiac University poll released today indicates. Along with President Barack Obama, Nelson has seen significant gains among Floridian voters- in January, he led Mack 41-40, a lead that has since increased to 44-36. A local news site says that Mack and [...] Sen. Bill Nelson Leads Challenger Connie ... |
Obama: End tax breaks for big oil
Sheboygan Press Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:11 AM PDT
WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama says Americans are getting hit twice once at the gas pump, and once more by sending billions of dollars in tax subsidies to oil companies. |
Supreme Court takes health care case behind closed doors
Rome News-Tribune Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:10 AM PDT
WASHINGTON (AP) â€" The survival of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul rests with a Supreme Court seemingly split over ideology and, more particularly, in the hands of two Republican-appoi... |
Political Notebook: March 29, 2012
NBC 10 Providence Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:10 AM PDT
Does Rhode Island deserve better from its lawmakers? Can Obama do anything about gasoline prices? And health care reform goes to the Supreme Court. |
Obama Nominates Michael Huerta To Head FAA
Aircraft Maintenance Technology Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:10 AM PDT
Michael Huerta, who was thrust into the job of acting chief of the Federal Aviation Administration following the arrest of the agency's leader on drunk driving charges, has been nominated to head the agency. |
Obama touts higher taxes on oil companies
The Daily Caller via Yahoo! News Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:08 AM PDT
President Barrack Obama used the Rose Garden today to make a poll-tested demand for higher tax payments from oil companies, to repeat controversial claims about U.S. oil reserves and to urge more spending on green-tech companies and on biofuels, such as algae. |
Michelle Obama to Speak at Virginia Tech Graduation
WCAV Charlottesville Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:03 AM PDT
Michelle Obama will speak at three college graduation ceremonies this spring, including two in key general election battleground states. Her first stop will be at Virginia Tech. |
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