Topic: Bernie Sanders

Effort to repeal oil tax breaks fails in Senate

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate on Tuesday rejected a measure that would have repealed some $35 billion in oil and gas industry tax breaks as it continued work on a bill that would raise taxes on investment fund managers. The oil and ...

Senator offers "too big to fail" break-up bill

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Bernie Sanders on Friday introduced legislation that would make the U.S. Treasury Department identify and break up financial institutions that are "too big to fail." Sanders, an independent, in a statement said: "If an institution is too big ...
Senate confirms Obama pick to clamp down on risky bets by financial firmsThe Senate voted Tuesday to put Gary Gensler in charge of helping the Obama administration clamp down on financial firms that make risky bets in the derivatives market, less than ...