Tag: Joseph Lawler

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The war on the War on Poverty

Joseph Lawler · May 18, 2015 9:00 am

The $500 billion threshold would leave out regional banks like SunTrust, which has about $190 billion in assets, according to Federal Reserve data. (Getty)

Fight looms over how big a bank is

Joseph Lawler · May 16, 2015 9:00 am

Ben Bernanke argued that the Warren-Vitter bill did too much to limit regulators' response to a crisis situation, saying that some of its provisions were "unwise" even if their inclusion was necessary to pass the legislation. (AP Photo)Â

Bernanke takes aim at Elizabeth Warren’s Fed bill

Joseph Lawler · May 15, 2015 5:24 pm

Shelby's bill make it unlikely that "Fannie and Freddie are just let back out in the wild" on their own. (Getty)

Senate deregulation package would set stage for end of Fannie, Freddie

Joseph Lawler · May 15, 2015 9:00 am

A corporate recruiter speaks with job applicants during a National Career Fairs job fair in Chicago. The Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims on Thursday, May 14, 2015. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Jobless claims fall, pulling four-week average down to new 15-year low

Joseph Lawler · May 14, 2015 12:52 pm

"I will strenuously object to any consideration of her nomination, and request that you immediately withdraw it and instead put forward a nominee who can be confirmed by the Senate and hit the ground running," the Sen. David Vitter, R-La., said in a letter to President Obama. (Getty Image)

Warren, Vitter roll out bill to rein in Fed’s bailout powers

Joseph Lawler · May 13, 2015 3:32 pm

"I've been called Hitler for doing this, or at least this is like Hitler going into Poland. That's an actual quote from a hedge fund manager," President Obama said. (AP Photo)Â

Obama: I’ve been called ‘Hitler’ for trying to tax hedge fund managers

Joseph Lawler · May 12, 2015 10:49 pm

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., left, and the committee's ranking member Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, right, walk into the hearing room on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, with Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen where she was to testify. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Shelby introduces financial reform bill, immediately faces Dem opposition

Joseph Lawler · May 12, 2015 6:28 pm

Obama blames Fox News, ‘Obamaphones’ for resentment of poor

Obama blames Fox News, ‘Obamaphones’ for resentment of poor

Joseph Lawler · May 12, 2015 5:11 pm

Student debt owed by Americans rose to nearly $1.2 trillion in the first quarter of 2015.Â (David McNew/Getty Images)

Student loan debt up to $1.2 trillion, delinquencies fall

Joseph Lawler · May 12, 2015 3:00 pm

Job openings and hires were flat in March, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday.Â (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Job vacancies, hiring flat in March

Joseph Lawler · May 12, 2015 2:46 pm

Verizon Communications announced Tuesday that it will purchase AOL in an effort to expand its video and other digital content. (AP Photo)

Verizon to purchase AOL for $4.4 billion

Joseph Lawler · May 12, 2015 1:04 pm