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Incumbents Beat Back Primary Challengers

AP | By JAY REEVES | Posted 03.14.2012

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Two House committee chairmen on Tuesday staved off aggressive primary challenges in Alabama, while Mississippi's junior senator cr...

Top GOP Congressman Facing Tough Primary

Posted 03.13.2012

By Kelli Dugan MOBILE, Alabama--Powerful Alabama Congressman Spencer Bachus, chair of the U.S. House committee overseeing financial regulation,...

GOP Rep Faces Scrutiny

AP | LARRY MARGASAK | Posted 04.11.2012

WASHINGTON — A new ethics investigation of the House Financial Services Committee chairman's investment activities during the events leading up ...

Zach Carter

House Republicans Amplify Attacks On Elizabeth Warren, Consumer Protection

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- In a hearing marked by openly hostile questioning from House Republicans, consumer advocate Elizabeth Warren made her highly anticipated...

Zach Carter

Bank Lobby Splinters On CFPB Ahead Of Director Confirmation Deadline

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- A rift is emerging among bank lobbyists over the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as the deadline approaches for President Barac...

Zach Carter

Top Republican: 'Senate May Approve' Elizabeth Warren For CFPB

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- A top Republican broke with what he called "conventional wisdom" Tuesday morning, saying that consumer watchdog Elizabeth Warren is "ver...

Powerful Republican: 'Sarah Palin Cost Us Control Of The Senate'

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.), recently tapped to become chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, believes that despite the GOP's monumental...

Congress Scraps a Good Car with Bad Steering

Dan Treul | Posted 05.25.2011

Dan Treul

No one - this Michigan resident included - is out to defend recent management of Ford, GM and Chrysler as "efficient." It doesn't take an industry analyst to determine the status quo broken.