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Kenneth P. Vogel and Andrew Restuccia Politico 4/13/2015 Billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer’s fingerprints are all over this week’s spring meeting of the Democracy Alliance — an indication that the influential coalition of liberal donors intends to spend big to elevate climate change, and that Steyer plans to be at the forefront of the push. The […] April 13th, 2015 | Tags: "climate change", Amber Mostyn, campaign contributions, crony capitalism, Democracy Alliance, Hillary Clinton, Jack Lew, John Podesta, NextGen Climate Action, November 2016, Risky Business Project, Steve Mostyn, Tom Steyer, Valerie Jarrett | Category: Elections, Environment, George Soros, Politics, Progressives, Treasury Department | Comments are closed
Government conservatorship of mortgage giants likely to continue, even as lawmakers call for change Daniel Wiser The Washington Free Beacon 11/19/2014 Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Mel Watt said on Wednesday that he did not see the government relinquishing control of housing giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac anytime soon, even as the Democratic […] November 19th, 2014 | Tags: government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Mel Watt, mortgages, Sen. Elizabeth Warren | Category: Congress, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Taxes, Treasury Department | Comments are closed
Patrick Howley The Daily Caller 11/3/2014 Democratic New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen was principally involved in a plot with Lois Lerner and President Barack Obama’s political appointee at the IRS to lead a program of harassment against conservative nonprofit groups during the 2012 election, according to letters exclusively obtained by The Daily Caller. The Internal […] November 3rd, 2014 | Tags: Douglas Shulman, FOIA, Lois Lerner, scandal, Sen. Al Franken, Sen. Chuck Schumer, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen | Category: Barack Obama, IRS, New Hampshire, Tea Parties, Treasury Department | Comments are closed
Rupa Shenoy WGBH News 9/11/2014 After the September 11 terrorist attacks, insurance companies paid out billions in damages — more than ever before. So in 2002, Congress agreed to help in the future by creating federally insured — and relatively cheap — terrorism coverage for businesses. Claims under that coverage were filed for the first […] September 13th, 2014 | Tags: Boston Marathon, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Marty Walsh, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Terrorism Risk Insurance Act | Category: Barack Obama, insurance, Islam, Massachusetts, terrorism, Treasury Department | Comments are closed
Joseph Lawler The Washington Examiner 9/12/2014 The Treasury Department could act as soon as next week to stop companies from moving their headquarters out of the U.S. for tax purposes, a top Democratic tax lawmaker said Friday. “They’re preparing to act and they’ll act as soon as they’re ready,” said Rep. Sander Levin, the ranking […] September 12th, 2014 | Tags: corporate tax rate, Jack Lew, Rep. Sander Levin, Sen. Carl Levin | Category: Congress, Fascism, Politicians, Progressives, Taxes, Treasury Department | Comments are closed
Kelly Cohen The Washington Examiner 8/18/2014 President Obama has claimed since his first day in the Oval Office that his administration would be “the most transparent” in history. But the nonprofit watchdog group Cause of Action is challenging the Obama claim in a federal lawsuit against 12 federal agencies, including the Office of Management and […] August 20th, 2014 | Tags: Cause of Action, Department of Veterans Affairs, FOIA, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), transparency | Category: Barack Obama, Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, Department of Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, IRS, State Department, Treasury Department | Comments are closed
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