Jack Reed

Senator Asks Homeland Security To Bar Facebook Co-Founder From U.S.

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Facebook Founder Citizenship, Taxes, Chuck Schumer, Eduardo Saverin, Video, Renouncing Citizenship, Facebook, Facebook Founder, Tax Avoidance, Jack Reed, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- A Democratic senator has asked the Obama administration to immediately bar Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin from re-entering the U.S....

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Federal Student Loan Legislation Turns To Partisan Fight

AP | ALAN FRAM | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: College Students, Federal Student Loans, Jack Reed Student Loans, Student Loan Reform, Student Debt, Majoring in Debt, Student Loans, Student Loan Debt, Jack Reed, College News

WASHINGTON — The Senate is the newest arena in the election-year face-off over federal student loans, and both sides are starting out by poundin...

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Will Congress Prevent Student-Loan Interest Rates From Doubling?

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Education News, Education, Interest Rate Doubling, Tom Harkin, 112th Congress, Financial Aid, Harry Reid, John Kline, Lumina Foundation, Barack Obama, Barack Obama Education, Stafford Loan Interest Rate, Pell Grants, Stafford Loans, Jack Reed, Education News

Spencer Pritchard, a first-year political economics student at University of California, Berkeley, has less control over his professional career than...

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Don't Let Student Loan Rates Double

Rep. Joe Courtney | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Politics, Education, Joe Courtney, College, Income Inequality, Connecticut, College Tuition, Rhode Island, Higher Education, Student Loans, Barack Obama, Jack Reed, Stafford Student Loans, Student Loans Interest Rate, College News

On 7/1/12, interest rates on subsidized Stafford student loans will double if Congress does nothing. Borrowers taking out $23,000 in loans will see their interest balloon by an estimated $5,000 over a 10-year repayment period.

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Congress, White House Cut Heating Assistance Just In Time For Winter

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 01.06.2012

Read More: Liheap, Video, Poverty, Social Security, Olympia Snowe, Energy Assistance, Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, Rhode Island, Heating Help, Jack Reed, Maine, Heating Assistance, Politics News

Ralph Olivieri of Coventry, R.I., says he and his wife Alexis will run out of heating oil in a couple weeks after receiving roughly $400 worth courtes...

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Are Bank Fees Too Complex? The Case for Fee Transparency

Tim Chen | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: TD Bank, Bank Fees, Pew Research Center, Dick Durbin, Citibank, Bank of America, Credit Cards, Debit Card Fees, Checking Fees, Jack Reed, Business News

Do your best to read every bit of bank paperwork that comes your way, and take responsibility for understanding your account terms. If you don't understand something, or don't like a new fee, don't wait to ask about it.

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Salazar Promotes Offshore Wind

HuffingtonPost.com | Jordan Howard | Posted 10.17.2011

Read More: Lincoln Chafee, Sheldon Whitehouse, Alternative Energy, Department of Interior, Offshore Wind Farm, Rhode Island, Ken Salazar, National Renewable Energy Lab, Jack Reed, Green News

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Wednesday announced the federal government will move forward with plans to accept applications to...

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Leon Panetta Approved By Senate As Next Pentagon Chief

AP | By DONNA CASSATA | Posted 08.21.2011

WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Tuesday unanimously approved the nomination of Leon Panetta to be the next Pentagon chief, handing him a crowded agenda of...

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Fire Lt. General Caldwell Now and End the "Psy-Ops" Against Congress

Tom Andrews | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House, House of Representatives, John McCain, Congress, Afghanistan, Al Franken, Propaganda, Barack Obama, Jack Reed, Psy Ops, Senate, Army, National Security, Joe Lieberman, Information Operations, Carl Levin, Adm. Mike Mullen, Politics News

General Caldwell should face court marshal proceedings for violating his oath of office and US law.

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General Deployed Psy-Ops On U.S. Senators

Rolling Stone | Michael Hastings | Posted 05.25.2011

The U.S. Army illegally ordered a team of soldiers specializing in "psychological operations" to manipulate visiting American senators into providing ...

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Consumer Protection: Progressive Momentum and Forbidden Love

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Curbing Wall Street, Harry Reid, Chris Dodd, Sen. Richard Shelby, Consumer Protection, Barack Obama, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Financial Reform, Jack Reed, Politics News

Harry Reid got it right when he said that the GOP is "making love to Wall Street" -- and when politicians and bankers "make love," it's the public that gets screwed.

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Tax Dollars for Rude, Unaccountable Congressional Offices

Tiffiniy Cheng | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Judd Gregg, Blanche Lincoln, Schumer, Congress, Financial Reform, Jack Reed, Hill-Staffer, Politics News

Politicians should know that we will call them out on their shenanigans, whether they are happening in the back rooms of Congress or in their front offices.

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No E-ZPass for Auto Dealers

Catherine Lutz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Scott Brown, Auto Dealers, Car Loans, Financial Reform, Home Equity Loans, Car Industry, Auto Industry, Jack Reed, Business News

Auto dealers may get a pass on financial reform despite outstanding car loans totaling $850 billion, greater than national credit card debt and second only to home mortgages.

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Jack Reed Introduces Amendment To Close Dodd Bill 'Loophole'

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Regulatory Reform, The Financial Fix, Wall Street, Hedge Funds, Wall Street Reform, Chris Dodd, Private Equity, Jack Reed, Business News

Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) announced Monday his plans to introduce an amendment to close a "loophole" in Wall Street reform legislation that would allow ...

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Fight For The CFPA Is 'A Dispute Between Families And Banks,' Says Elizabeth Warren

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Crisis, Elizabeth Warren, Cfpa, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Bank Reform, Financial Reform, Financial Regulation, Financial Regulatory Reform, Families vs Banks, Christopher Dodd, Barney Frank, Jeff Merkley, Jack Reed, Obama Administration, Washington Lobbyists, Business News

While members of the Senate Banking Committee debate proposals to fix the nation's broken financial system and ineffective approach to protecting cons...

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Senator Promises Floor Fight For Strong CFPA

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chuck Schumer, Huffpolitics, Senate, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Cfpa, Senator Jack Reed, Chris Dodd, Senate Democrats, Democrats, Jack Reed, Politics News

The Consumer Financial Protection Agency, a cornerstone of banking reform, won't go down without a floor flight. Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, the t...

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Jack Reed Rejects Joe Sestak's Endorsement For Majority Leader Job

Talking Points Memo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harry Reid, Jack Reed, Majority Leader, Reed Sestak, Joe Sestak, Politics News

Sen. Jack Reed appreciates the sort of bizarre endorsement he received for majority leader from the man trying to unseat one of his colleagues, but sa...

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Sen. Jack Reed: Obama More Focused On Terrorism Than Bush

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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In what was a noteworthy remark precisely because it is made so infrequently, a top Senate Democrats insisted on Sunday that President Barack Obama ha...

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Lugar: Let's Put Health Care On Hold To Deal With Afghanistan

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Lugar Health Care, Jack Reed, Richard Lugar, Reform Afghanistan. @Huffpolitics, Afghanistan Health Care, Lugar Reed, Politics News

One of President Barack Obama's closest Republican allies in the Senate urged him to put health care reform on the backburner and focus on Afghanistan...

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The Hollow Politics of Escalation

Norman Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: President Obama, Timetables, Escalation, War, Benchmarks, New York Times, Afghanistan, I. F. Stone, David Obey, Jack Reed, Politics News

An underlying conceit of the new spin about benchmarks and timetables for Afghanistan is the notion that pivotal events there can be choreographed from Washington.

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Democratic, Republican Lawmakers Raise Concerns Over Afghan War Escalation

LA Times | Greg Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corruption, Karzai, Afghanistan, Economy, Troop Levels, Timeline, Obama, Troop Decisions, War Tax, Jack Reed, Deficit, Dick Lugar, White House, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Spending, Bin Laden, Obey, Levin, World News

The persistent skepticism from the president's own party, along with new doubts raised by Republicans who have generally supported broadening the conf...

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Joe Biden's CODEL to Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan: Working All the Angles. . .Like He Should!

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Susan Collins, National Security, Pakistan, John Kerry, George W. Bush, South Asia, Iraq, Travel, Afghanistan, Joe Biden, Foreign Policy, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Jack Reed, Codel, Politics News

Biden's bipartisan trip of national security heavyweights in the US Senate is an important step in reestablishing some trust and common purpose in US foreign policy across party lines.

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Obama's Foreign Policy Team Earns High Praise, But Concern About Clintons

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

With President-elect Barack Obama set to announce his foreign policy team on Monday, the names expected to fill out the squad were widely praised on t...

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The Men Who Made Me Love Hillary

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Unfortunately, the coterie of cautious centrists being touted by the Obama campaign as short-listers for the vice presidential nod are hardly up to the task of taking on the Republican attack machine.

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Battle of the Surrogates: Should We Be Picking a President This Way?

Mitchell Bard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John McCain Attack Ads, Meet the Press, John McCain, Candidate Surrogates, This Week With George Stephanopoulos, Tom Ridge, Joseph Lieberman, Barack Obama, Offshore Drilling, Jack Reed, John Kerry, 2008 Presidential Race, Nancy Pelosi, Mccain Flip-Flop, Claire McCaskill, Carly Fiorina, Politics News

The Obama campaign has to be more selective in choosing its spokespeople, using more strong, smart advocates like Sen. Biden and Sen. Webb, and keeping Pelosi and Kerry as far away from the media as possible.

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