Lawmakers Balk As Administration Tries to Redefine Central Bank’s Role
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on June 19th, 2009 4:34 am by HL
Lawmakers Balk As Administration Tries to Redefine Central Bank’s Role
The Federal Reserve, which has been at the center of the government rescue of the financial system, is now on the hot seat, with a debate on Capitol Hill emerging over its responsibility for the crisis and its proper role in preventing such events in the future.
U.S. Pursues a New Way To Rebuild in Afghanistan
The idea to transform a vacant tract near the Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif into a sprawling commercial farm, with miles of strawberry fields and thousands of cashmere goats, began with an entreaty from President George W. Bush to the billionaire chairman of Dole Foods at a 2006 Republican Party…
Senate’s Health-Care Draft Calls for Most to Buy Insurance, Nixes Obama’s ‘Public Option’
A draft proposal in the Senate to overhaul the nation’s health-care system would require most people to buy health insurance, authorize an expansion of Medicaid coverage and create consumer-owned cooperative plans instead of the government coverage that President Obama is seeking.
Price Tag of Health Reform Bill Prompts Sparring and a Delay in Congress
President Obama’s hopes for quick action on comprehensive health-care reform ran headlong this week into the realities of Congress, as lawmakers searching for the money to pay for a broad expansion of coverage discovered that it wasn’t easy to find and descended into partisan — and intraparty –…
