Submitted by John Papagiannis on Tue, 12/13/2011 - 16:03
Tagg, you're it! The Huffington Post reports that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's son, Tagg, will be hitting up the K Street fundraising curcuit on behalf of his father on Wednesday. The event will feature a mostly under 40 crowd, and will have the added bonus of allowing the elder Romney to jet off to Manhattan for yet more fundraising with Wall Street 1%ers.
Submitted by Adam Smith on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 18:07
Yesterday, Sens. Pat Roberts (R-Kansas) and John Thune (R-S.D.) joined their Republican colleagues in blocking the nomination of Richard Cordray to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), an agency created as part of the Wall Street reform legislation passed by Congress in 2010.
Submitted by Adam Smith on Thu, 12/08/2011 - 20:50
Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.) sided with Wall Street today in joining his Republican colleagues in blocking the nomination of Richard Cordray to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), created under the Wall Street reform legislation passed in 2010.
Next week, he’ll be rewarded at a fundraiser hosted by Wall Street lobbyists.
Submitted by Adam Smith on Mon, 12/05/2011 - 19:26
The Senate is expected to vote Thursday on the nomination of Richard Cordray to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the office created as part of the Wall Street reform legislation passed in 2010.
Submitted by Adam Smith on Mon, 11/21/2011 - 21:23
On October 7th, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) derided the Occupy Wall Street movement as a “mob” that was “pitting Americans against Americans.”
Submitted by Adam Smith on Mon, 11/21/2011 - 14:48
According to an exclusive by “Up with Chris Hayes” on MSNBC on Saturday, November 19, 2011, Clark Lytle Geduldig & Cranford (CLGC), a Washington, D.C. lobbying firm, authored a memo detailing the rationale and a proposal to smear the Occupy Wall Street movement. The memo was sent to the American Bankers Association (ABA).
