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Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) members testified on on nuclear reactor safety following Japan’s disaster earlier in the year. Senators in their opening statement referred repeatedly to …

Democratic and Republican lawmakers held a press conference urging members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to “go big” in a solution for reducing the national debt and def…

Securities and Exchange Commission division directors testified on organizational and management reforms at their agency. Topics included the need for more resources and staff for the implem…

The Senate considered a legislative vehicle for the Agriculture, Commerce, Justice and Science, and Transportation/HUD appropriations bills.

The Senate Finance Committee marked up bills for the Colombia, Panama, and South Korea Free Trade Agreements (FTAs). The measures included job retraining for U.S. workers displaced by the ag…

Panelists spoke about the work of the Joint Select Committee of Deficit Reduction, urging the committee to seek deficit reductions of $4 trillion or more compared to the proposed $1.5 trilli…

The Senate Finance Committee continued its series of hearings on tax reform ideas. In his testimony, Former Federal Reserve Chair Alan Greenspan warned Congress not to underestimate the fede…

Witnesses testified about the mortgage financing industry. They said 30-year fixed mortgages at low interest rates could cease to exist if government backing for home mortgages goes away. Th…

The Senate Finance Committee held a “mock” markup hearing to debate amendments to free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia, and Panama. The hearing is referred to as a “mock” markup …

Ben Bernanke made the keynote address at a conference on the U.S. economy and the federal debt ceiling. In his remarks he said that “failing to raise the debt ceiling in a timely way would b…

Judy Woodruff interviewed four of the five remaining “Gang of Six” senators who are attempting to create a bipartisan plan for reducing the budget deficit and national debt, Senators Saxby C…

Witnesses testified about the state of the securitization markets. Securitization is the bundling together of financial products, such as residential or commercial mortgages, and selling the…

Witnesses testified about potential connections between “clusters” of cancer, birth defects and other diseases, and contaminants in the surrounding environment. At least 42 disease clusters …

Chair Ben Bernanke testified about the Federal Reserve Board’s semiannual report on monetary policy. In his testimony he said the U.S. economy would continue to grow despite rising oil price…

The Senate convened and began with a reading of President George Washington’s farewell address and thereafter proceeded to a period of morning business.

Doug Elmendorf testified on the latest Congressional Budget Office economic and budget outlook for 2011-2012.