WASHINGTON (AFP) – Ambitious Wall Street reform, which has become a top priority for President Barack Obama, enters the home stretch in the US Senate this coming week, with a final vote on the proposal possible as early as Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON (AFP) – Ambitious Wall Street reform, which has become a top priority for President Barack Obama, enters the home stretch in the US Senate this coming week, with a final vote on the proposal possible as early as Wednesday.
Tags: barack obama, Final Vote, Home Stretch, Proposal, Top Priority, Us Senate, Wall Street
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Financial Regulation Bill Blocked – A sweeping proposal to revamp Wall Street suffered a legislative setback this evening when the Senate failed to bring the measure to the floor for debate. Voting 57-41, Senate Democrats could not muster the 60 votes needed to overturn the threat of a GOP filibuster and begin formal debate on [...]
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Nuclear Terrorism Summit Of World Leaders – World leaders meet in Washington on Tuesday for the biggest summit hosted by the United States since 1945, and they will have just one item on the agenda — stopping terrorists from getting a nuclear bomb. President Barack Obama, who is hosting the 47-nation summit, says nuclear terrorism [...]
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Toyoda Testimony – Akio Toyoda, the embattled Toyota chief executive, has admitted the company lost its way and its sense of priorities in its rapid rise, culminating in a massive vehicle recall and loss of consumer trust. “I fear the pace at which we have grown may have been too quick,” Mr Toyoda says in [...]
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