Senate Session
Senators considered the Medicare legislation passed by the House early this morning in a rare Saturday morning session.
View in Congressional Chronicle195 viewsSenators considered the Medicare legislation passed by the House early this morning in a rare Saturday morning session.
View in Congressional Chronicle195 viewsWilliam Donaldson and John Reed testified before the Senate Banking, Housing, & Urban Affairs Committee, regarding the governance structure of the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Reed had propo…
92 viewsSecretary Snow testified about the Treasury Department’s Report on International Economic and Exchange Rate Policy. Topics included Japanese and Chinese exchange rates, the need for flexible…
139 viewsMembers of the Senate Banking subcommittee met with witnesses who testified about securities market structure issues pending before the Securities and Exchange Commission and how the issues …
68 viewsNominees testified to the Senate Banking Committee about their credentials for being appointed to the White House Council of Economic Advisers and to the Commerce Department.
68 viewsCommittee members examined the Securities and Exchange Commission’s oversight of companies' auditing and accountability. The SEC chairman testified about the rules being developed and the ki…
59 viewsWitnesses testified about the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Among the topics they addressed were implementing programs to prevent identity theft, improving consumer access to credit, and mainta…
85 viewsSecurities and Exchange Commission chairman, William Donaldson, Senator Paul Sarbanes (D-Maryland), Representative Michael Oxley (R-Ohio) and others spoke to reporters about the progress of …
61 viewsThe Senate completed work on a $28.5 billion bill for fiscal year 2004 Homeland Security spending.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,847 viewsArmando Falcon testified before The Senate Banking, Housing, & Urban Affairs Committee, regarding accounting practices at Freddie Mac, and the events leading up to irregularities in recent F…
299 viewsWitnesses testified about federal transportation assistance programs. Among the topics they addressed were rural public transportation, safety programs, and levels of federal aid to state an…
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