Topic: Bob Corker

Opening Bell: 01.25.12

Facebook Trades Said To Be Halted For Three Days (Bloomberg) Shareholders of Facebook Inc., the Internet site preparing an initial public offering...
The Administration has a new HAMP headache. . . Conflicts of interest accusations have been leveled against a key player in the Treasury Dept.'s ...

Republican to push inflation-only Fed bill

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top Republican on Thursday said he will push for legislation paring back the Federal Reserve's mandate to focus solely on controlling inflation, not ensuring full employment.Representative Paul Ryan, the new chairman of the House of Representatives' budget ...
Will it happen? Lawmakers have been busy and a lot of the buzz has been on payroll taxes and Social Security. As a boomer, do you have a reason to...

US senator: Gay ban may doom Russia treaty

President Barack Obama's Republican foes in the US Senate warned him Friday to drop plans to repeal a military ban on gays serving openly or risk the fate of a landmark nuclear part with Russia.Republican lawmakers who had previously indicated ...

Stricken hero urges sens to back Zadroga

Ground Zero volunteer Elisa Mizerany of Nashville would like to give a piece of her mind to her two senators this week, except she's too sick to...

Reid "confident" Senate to consider START soon

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Majority Leader Harry Reid expressed confidence on Thursday the U.S. Senate would debate the New START nuclear treaty with Russia this year, as he gave no sign of yielding to Republican pressure to scale back his agenda for the ...
Republican senators indicate some progress on US-Russia nuclear treatyRepublicans reluctant to quickly ratify a nuclear weapons deal with Russia said Tuesday the Obama administration had addressed some of their concerns, raising the prospect for Senate approval of the landmark treaty.President Barack ...

DREAM Act Rally

Around 3 p.m. this afternoon, a group of DREAM Act hopefuls, their supporters and immigration advocates held a brief press conference at the corner of West End and Murphy Road, hoping their voices would reach the offices and ears of Senators ...
New legislation described as an interim measure, was introduced by Republican Bob Corker and Democrat Mark Warner to give the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. power to wind down bank holding companies. As of now, the FDIC only has the power to wind ...