Published on June 23, 2010 by Technology Slice
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott took out a new $710,000 mortgage on his family home shortly after going into Opposition, partly to help fund his family expenses after losing his ministerial salary. But in what appears to be a breach of the parliamentary rules covering MPs’ pecuniary interests, he failed to declare the loans to Parliament [...]
Tags: Breach, Coalition Leader, Commonwealth Bank, Family Expenses, Forestville Nsw, Four Months, Home Loan, Members Interests, Mortgage Provider, Mr Abbott, Mr And Mrs, Opposition Leader, Oversight, Parliamentary Rules, Pecuniary Interests, Permanent Custodians, Private Schools, Spokeswoman, Three Daughters, Tony Abbott
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Published on May 4, 2010 by Technology Slice
Vote Begins On Wall Street Reform – The U.S. Senate will cast its first votes on Tuesday on a sweeping Wall Street reform bill, with passage of a handful of uncontroversial amendments expected and a key procedural question still unsettled. A 60-vote rule would make winning passage for any amendment — and there are more [...]
Tags: Amendments, barack obama, Capital Markets, Case Basis, Democratic Leader, Democrats And Republicans, Financial Crisis, Fraud Case, Goldman Sachs, Harry Reid, Oversight, Policy Objective, Political Momentum, Procedural Question, Raft, recession, Recurrence, Senate Bill, U S Senate, Wall Street
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Published on January 29, 2010 by Technology Slice
The Senate voted 70-30 to reappoint Ben Bernanke for a second four-year term as chairman of the Federal Reserve. Earlier, senators voted 77-23 to end debate, clearing the way for a final vote. During more than two hours of debate on the Senate floor, Bernanke backers warned that voting him down risked sparking turmoil in [...]
Tags: Backers, Bank Supervision, Ben Bernanke, Chairman Of The Federal Reserve, Economic Crisis, economic recovery, Economic Uncertainty, Fed Chairman, Federal Reserve, Financial Institutions And Markets, Foreign Markets, Mortgage Regulation, Oversight, Regulators, Richard Shelby, Robert Menendez, Second Term, Senate Banking Committee, Senate Floor, Senior Republican
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