Topic: Judd Gregg

CFTC's Gensler goes down to wire for swaps reform

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As lawmakers bargained, fretted and sweated through talks to wrap up the U.S. financial reform bill on Thursday, there was a single regulator whose ubiquitous presence was a reminder of one of the toughest issues to resolve. Gary Gensler, ...

Senators can't agree on OTC derivatives rules

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. senators charged with crafting rules to regulate the $450 trillion over-the-counter derivatives market have failed to reach an agreement, Democratic Senator Jack Reed said on Friday. Reed and Republican Senator Judd Gregg had been trying to write rules ...
Senate passes jobs bill awarding tax breaks for businesses that hire the unemployed Senate Democrats delivered the first of several promised election-year jobs bills Wednesday, passing a measure blending highway funding eagerly sought by the states with tax breaks for companies that ...

GOP's Gregg sees progress on financial regulation

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans and Democrats in the Senate share common ground on financial regulation, but the White House's stance on how to protect consumers from banking abuses remains an obstacle to legislation, a top Republican senator said on Friday.Judd spoke a ...

U.S. extends bailout fund, sees economic challenges

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Wednesday extended the government's $700 billion financial bailout fund to October next year, saying the economy still faced " "Geithner, in letters to congressional leaders, pledged to deploy no more than $550 billion from ...
Waiting for second half of stimulus to kick in, Obama weighs options for creating more jobsPresident Barack Obama is considering all options to create jobs, including another stimulus package, while trying to pull the economy out of a deep recession and deal ...
Bush releases final lists of White House, Camp David overnight guestsFormer President George W. Bush's overnight guests shortly before he left office included Republican Sen. Judd Gregg, who spent the night at the Camp David presidential retreat just a few weeks before ...
Billions remaining in bank bailout fund drive debate in Congress over how to use itThe government has tens of billions of dollars left in the eye-popping $700 billion bank bailout fund created last fall, prompting a debate in Congress over what to ...
Obama bucks House bonus tax plan, cites Constitution and refusal to govern from angerPresident Barack Obama wagered significant political capital on Sunday as he bucked a highly popular House measure to slap a punitive 90 percent tax on bonuses to big earners ...
President Barack Obama will " likely" name Gary Locke, the first Chinese-American governor in US history as his pick for commerce secretary, a senior administration official said Monday.Locke, former governor of Washington state, would be Obama's third selection for the post following ...
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