Senator Says Loophole In Derivatives Regulation Undermines Reform
The effort to impose new restrictions on the financial system falls short of true reform if there's a gigantic loophole for foreign exchange derivativ...
The effort to impose new restrictions on the financial system falls short of true reform if there's a gigantic loophole for foreign exchange derivativ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour and Ryan Grim | Posted 11.18.2009 | Business
The two House Democrats shepherding derivatives reform proposals through Congress will close an existing $50 trillion loophole for foreign currency co...
Barth Anderson | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics
You have to give Big Ag its due: Big Soy and friends are pushing hard to end the ridiculous US embargo of Cuba.
Josh Nelson | Posted 12.01.2009 | Green
The bill as it currently stands is stronger than the American Clean Energy and Security Act in several crucial ways, but it has a treacherous gauntlet to run before reaching the President's desk.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics
With the House of Representatives barreling toward a Friday vote on the Waxman-Markey climate change bill, Democratic leaders working to swing more "Y...
Harry Moroz | Posted 07.25.2009 | Green
Speaker Pelosi has snuck game-changing climate change legislation onto the House of Representatives calendar for a vote -- and likely passage -- this Friday.
The Huffington Post | Posted 12.23.2008 | Politics
The Hill reports that President-elect Obama is "considering Reps. Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) and Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-S.D.) for the USDA post. ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour and Ryan Grim | Posted 11.20.2009 | Business