NEW YORK — Former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has a book deal. Geithner has an agreement with Crown Publishers, an imprint of Random Ho...
While Washington was obsessing Wednesday over whether or not the oh-so-intimidating Gene Sperling had threatened Bob Woodward over his deeply misguide...
WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (Reuters) - A top Republican senator on Wednesday said he was unsatisfied with U.S. Treasury Secretary nominee Jack Lew's respons...
WASHINGTON — Jacob Lew, President Barack Obama's nominee for Treasury secretary, pledged to work with Congress on a comprehensive overhaul of th...
WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Jack Lew, Obama's Treasury secretary nominee, said on Wednesday that it would be challenging to lower the corporate t...
Republican senators like Chuck Grassley may ask some excellent questions, but some of his colleagues are likely to be in attack mode. Here are eight lines of constructive senators should pursue, along with some specific questions for each of them.
* Obama's candidate expected to win Senate backing * Lew: Citigroup bonus was in line with others in industry ...
* Cayman Islands account also will be part of questioning * Confirmation expected but Republican support unclear * Confi...
The renowned actor and human rights activist Danny Glover has launched a petition to the president for him to nominate Paul Krugman for secretary of the treasury. It's worth signing.
Nobel Prize-winning economist and NY Times columnist Paul Krugman spoke with MSNBC's Chris Hayes on January 27, 2013. In this clip, Krugman responds t...
Timothy Geithner was a true believer. He just believed in the wrong things. While Washington debates the deficit, the big banks are bigger than ever -- and nobody's paying attention.
By Rachelle Younglai and Anna Yukhananov WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Senate Republicans on Wednesday offered encouraging words abou...
* Richmond Fed's Lacker resurrects 2007 allegation * Geithner said in 2007 that claim was not accurate * U.S. Treasury d...
Lincoln boldly appointed all the officials and judges needed to preserve a functioning national government. Abraham Lincoln thus signed hundreds of recess commissions.
WASHINGTON -- Only a few senators have publicly announced opposition to Jack Lew's nomination for Treasury secretary, and the staunchest resistance ha...
If the U.S. Treasury issues a trillion-dollar palladium coin and then sells it to the Federal Reserve System or deposits it as cash, maybe the debt ceiling would be legally bypassed via the Treasury's authority to issue collectible coins.
Stephen Colbert, like many of his fellow Republicans, is absolutely outraged that Obama has chosen an all-male cabinet for his second term. Because Re...
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, the first Latina to head a major U.S. fede...
Jan 11 (Reuters) - Timothy Geithner, who played a lead role combating the global financial crisis as U.S. Treasury secretary, will step down from hi...
So it looks like Jacob "Jack" Lew is indeed going to be President Obama's next Treasury Secretary, NBC's John Harwood reported on Wednesday. The first question everybody wants answered about him is, naturally, what is the deal with his crazy handwriting?
President Obama is close to nominating White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew as Treasury Secretary, Bloomberg reported Monday. According to Bloomberg...
Sorry, Paul Krugman fans. The Nobel Prize winner has taken himself out of the running for becoming Treasury Secretary. "It really is a bad idea," h...
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner reportedly plans to step down at the end of January even if lawmakers don’t reach an agreement on the debt ceili...
Four words that would make Matt Taibbi throw up just a little? Treasury Secretary Jamie Dimon. That's right, appointing the JPMorgan Chase CEO as T...
If "pragmatic deal maker," as the Wall Street Journal describes Geithner, means someone who believes any deal with Republicans is better than no deal, and deficit reduction is more important than job creation, we could be in for a difficult December.
