Adviser’s serial firings show ‘big problem’ at brokerages
He was fired from one company, then another, then another. And still Anthony Diaz continued handling other people's money.
Category Archives: Republican
The Latest: Boehner replacement Rep. Davidson wins Ohio vote
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, listens to a question from an 8th grader during her trip to Children's Day School in San Francisco, California, on Tuesday, May 31, 2016. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, listens to a question from an 8th grader during her trip to Children's Day School in San Francisco, California, on Tuesday, May 31, 2016.
Commissary privatization rejected by Senate
A plan to privatize military commissaries was derailed today in the U.S. Senate. Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe pushed an amendment through to the National Defense Authorization Act that preserves them.
Clinton claims historic victory in Democratic primary
Claiming her place in history, Hillary Clinton declared victory Tuesday night in her bruising battle for the Democratic presidential nomination, becoming the first woman to lead a major American political party and casting herself as the beneficiary of generations who fought for equality. "This campaign is about making sure there are no ceilings, no limits on any of us," Clinton said during an emotional rally in Brooklyn, eight years to the day after she ended her first failed White House run.
Hillary Clinton is first woman to clinch presidential nomination
For the first time in 240 years, a woman - Hillary Clinton - has locked up a major party's nomination for president, and is now within shot of winning the White House itself in November. "I think we're close to that moment where we are finally going to break that glass ceiling," said former Vice President Walter Mondale, who as presidential nominee in 1984 selected the first woman to run for vice president on a major party ticket.
Metsger, in letter to Hensarling, talks extended exam cycles
NCUA Board Chairman Rick Metsger reiterated his commitment to maintaining the safety and soundness of the credit union system, continuing to provide regulatory relief to the industry and the possibility of moving to extended exam cycles in a letter to House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas. In Tuesday's letter , Metsger outlined his priorities for the future of the agency, including ensuring NCUA uses its resources "strategically and efficiently."
Hensarling’s reform plan would repeal Durbin price cap
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, outlined an alternative to the Dodd-Frank Act that would include regulatory relief - including the repeal of "federal price controls" in the Durbin amendment - during a speech at the Economic Club of New York Tuesday. Hensarling said his bill will "provide much-needed relief to community financial institutions that are being crushed by Washington's 'one-size-fits-all' regulatory approach."
GOP’s Davidson wins Ohio race to succeed Boehner
Republican Warren Davidson is assured of being western Ohio's congressman for the next seven months, and is likely to be serving for years after that. Davidson handily won Tuesday's special election to succeed former House Speaker John Boehner in the 8th House District.
Robinson: Endorsing Trump will leave a mark
Bluffing is Donald Trump's one great talent, and he brazenly bluffed his way to the Republican nomination. Now he is showing his cards, however, and they are utter garbage: racism, ignorance, capriciousness, egomania and general unfitness for office.
Early results: Holding cruising to 2d district win
Election directors across the state expect to record single-digit turnout in many, if not most, precincts across the state after the voters who did show up recorded their choices for Congress and the state Supreme Court. In the Raleigh area, the most closely watched race was among Republicans hoping to represent the 2nd Congressional District.
Unions protest change in Alaska oil tanker escort contract
Two maritime unions with 250 Alaska jobs at stake have begun a campaign to stop the operator of the trans-Alaska pipeline from switching to a nonunion company for escorting oil tankers safely out of Prince William Sound, where the Exxon Valdez spilled 11 million gallons of crude oil in 1989. Alyeska Pipeline Service Co.
News Guide: 6 States Casting Presidential Primary Ballots
Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton and Republican Donald Trump will emerge from Tuesday's coast-to-coast contests the presumptive presidential nominees of their parties. On that, there's not much suspense: Trump has held that title for weeks, and Clinton clinched it on the eve of the votes.
Carlson: GOP allows Trump to brand the party as if it’s one of his hotels
For all the uproar over Donald Trump's attacks on U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel, not one Republican has withdrawn support of the party's presumptive nominee, or even reconsidered the blanket excuse for backing him that Hillary Clinton is worse. Maybe the revelation on Monday of Trump's instructions to high-ranking supporters such as former Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown and Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer will change that.
Clinton – Strongly Opposes’ Efforts to Gut Dodd-Frank: Gensler
House Financial Services Cmte Chairman Jeb Hensarling's Dodd-Frank replacement plan is "ill-conceived" and "clear example of how much is at stake in this election," Hillary Clinton campaign adviser Gary Gensler says in statement.
Bursting The Politically Correct BS
Political Correctness is the shield the denizens of the Political Industrial Complex use to deflect well-earned blow back by the voters. Just look at how Donald Trump this week has offended just about every corner of the Political Industrial Complex .
Amid GOP discord, Ryan focuses on policy
House Speaker Paul Ryan is proposing an overhaul of the nation's poverty programs, the first of several policy plans aimed at uniting Republicans fractured by a contentious election and Donald Trump's personality-driven politics. Ryan's proposal would make changes to welfare, food and housing aid programs, among others, to increase work requirements, make the programs more efficient and allow states to make more decisions about how the aid is distributed.
Congressman calls Trump a racist
Donald Trump's criticism of a Latino judge overseeing a lawsuit involving Trump University shows that the presumptive Republican nominee for president is a racist, a Democratic congressman said Monday, and he told Trump to take his proposed border wall and "shove it up your ass." Rep. Filemon Vela of Texas said in an open letter that Trump's "ignorant anti-immigrant opinions," border wall rhetoric and continued attacks on the judge "are just plain despicable."
Trump campaign wasting precious time, GOP critics say
By now, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee was supposed to have stationed senior staff in battleground states, moderated his fiery message to attract new supporters and begun raking in big money. Instead, he's spending more time right now picking fights and settling scores than delivering a message that might help draw voters.
Ryan: Channel that anger into action
House Speaker Paul Ryan says it's time to channel anger into action. The U.S. House Republicans propose "A Better Way": Our nation is on the wrong path.
California’s US Senate Race Dies Down
Barbara "I can stand up to bullies!" Boxer finally got the message - no one wants her or likes her - and she announced her retirement. Excitement ensued for policy wonks like me.