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Senate committees stories: 6 news summaries

Goldman Sachs Subpoenaed in Fraud Probe

Senate seeks evidence that banks foresaw mortgage meltdown

Jul 30, 09 6:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Senate committee has subpoenaed Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, and other financial institutions as part of an investigation into mortgage-market fraud, sources tell the Wall Street Journal. The probe appears to focus on emails and other internal communications that may show bankers' doubts about the safety of mortgage-backed securities, which... More »

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Congress • Ben Bernanke • Congressional investigations • Goldman Sachs • Deutsche Bank • subpoena • Carl Levin • Senate committees

Coleman Gaffe Costs Specter Seniority on Senate Panels

Dems disappoint defector with junior slots after he speaks up for Coleman

May 6, 09 3:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Party-switcher Arlen Specter's comment that Republican Norm Coleman should be Minnesota's senator cost him seniority on Senate panels yesterday, a source told Politico. His gaffe was the final straw for Senate Dems already angry about the prospect of being bumped from senior positions by the 29-year senator. A resolution last... More »

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Senate • Senate Democrats • Senate Judiciary Committee • Arlen Specter • Senate committees

Testy McCain Grills Sebelius on Health Care Tax Credit

'Reform would be my mission' says nominee

Mar 31, 09 1:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kathleen Sebelius got a chilly bout of questioning from John McCain during a Senate committee hearing, Ezra Klein writes for the American Prospect. His manner tense and confrontational, the Arizona senator asked Sebelius if she supported replacing the tax incentive for employer-based care with a $5000 tax credit—an idea... More »

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health care • John McCain • Health and Human Services • Senate • Department of Health • Kathleen Sebelius • Senate committees • President Obama

 Daschle:
 Health Reform 
 About Facts, 
 Not Ideology 

Obama nominee pledges bipartisan effort despite controversial plan

Jan 8, 09 2:11 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s pick for Secretary of Health and Human Services promised today a bipartisan effort to reform health care, the New York Times reports. “When it comes to health care, we really are in it together,” Tom Daschle said during Senate confirmation hearings, where chairman Ted Kennedy... More »

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health care • Barack Obama • health insurance • public health • Ted Kennedy • Bob Dole • health care reform • Tom Daschle • Senate committees • President Obama • Obama Cabinet • bipartisan

 Lieberman Should 
 Be Punished: Leahy 

Dem wants McCain-backing independent stripped of committee chairmanship

Nov 14, 08 4:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Patrick Leahy thinks fellow Sen. Joe Lieberman, after campaigning for John McCain, should no longer occupy the chair of key committees, the Democrat told Vermont Public Radio today. The Connecticut independent currently caucuses with the Democrats, and chairs the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committees, the Hill notes. Lieberman went... More »

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Senate • Democratic caucus • Vermont • Joe Lieberman • Patrick Leahy • Election 2008 • Senate committees • chairman

analysis

In Alaska, GOP Algebra Is Now Calculus

Stevens indictment throws primary
picture into chaos

Jul 29, 08 4:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ted Stevens’ indictment radically changes the landscape in Alaska’s US Senate race, Chris Cillizza writes in the Washington Post. The octogenarian is one of six candidates in the Aug. 26 GOP primary, and it's too late to remove him from the running. The party's best-case scenario would be for... More »

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Alaska • Senate • Ted Stevens • indictment • Senate committees

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