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Financial Reform Hits First Hurdle in U.S. Senate
Apr 26 2010 // The most sweeping overhaul of U.S. financial regulation since the Great Depression appeared unlikely to clear its first hurdle in the U.S. Senate Monday as Republicans held out for a bipartisan deal. Even as Wall Street...
Senate Panel Sought Action Against Goldman Before SEC Suit
Apr 23 2010 // A Senate investigations panel looking into Goldman Sachs’ role in the financial crisis subpoenaed the investment bank as early as June 30, 2009, long before securities regulators sued it for fraud, according to a...
How to Handle Firms ‘Too Big To Fail’ Divides Democrats, Republicans
Apr 14 2010 // U.S President Barack Obama will try to turn up the pressure for an overhaul of Wall Street regulations as he meets Wednesday with top Democratic and Republican lawmakers to discuss a sweeping package of...
Bill Restoring Jobless Aid, Flood Insurance Clears Senate Hurdle
Apr 14 2010 // A measure that would restore lapsed jobless aid for hundreds of thousands of Americans and reauthorize the federal flood insurance program cleared a hurdle in the Senate Wednesday, clearing the way for passage later in the...
Senate Ends Fillibuster on Jobless Benefits, Flood Insurance Program
Apr 13 2010 // The U.S. Senate voted Monday to end debate on a bill to extend unemployment benefits and COBRA health insurance subsidies that also includes a reauthorization of the national flood insurance program. The vote to end a...
Senate to Consider Restarting Flood Insurance Program Today
Apr 12 2010 // Congress today could advance a provision reinstating the flood insurance program as part of a bill extending unemployment benefits and subsidies for COBRA health insurance premiums. The Senate is scheduled to vote on...
Michigan Senate Backs Bill to Thwart Fremont Insurance Takeover
Apr 9 2010 // The Michigan Senate recently advanced a bill to make it more difficult for outsiders to take over the domestic insurer Fremont Michigan InsurCorp. The measure, which passed the Senate 27-10 and was sent to the House...
Kentucky Senate Advances Bill to Ban Texting While Driving
Apr 2 2010 // The Kentucky Senate has used some late maneuvering in pushing a bill aimed at banning people from sending text messages while driving in the state. Senators found a House bill to attach the provisions that would prohibit...
Georgia Senate Revives Pickup Truck Seat Belt Bill
Mar 26 2010 // The Georgia Senate this week revived and approved a proposal that would force pickup truck drivers to wear their seat belts. The bill passed with a vote of 45-2. Bill sponsor Sen. Don Thomas, a physician and Republican...
Kentucky Senate Advances Texting While Driving Ban
Mar 26 2010 // A bill seeking to ban people from sending text messages while driving in Kentucky has won approval from the state Senate. The measure would prohibit drivers from writing, sending or reading text messages when their vehicle...
House Approves Healthcare Bill with Fixes; Senate Vote Next
Mar 22 2010 // The House of Representatives gave final approval to a sweeping healthcare overhaul Sunday, expanding insurance coverage to nearly all Americans and handing President Barack Obama a landmark victory. On a late-night 219-212...
Oklahoma GOP Forges Ahead With Workers’ Comp Overhaul
Mar 18 2010 // Oklahoma Senate Republicans are continuing their push to completely overhaul Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation laws, arguing the system is too expensive for businesses. The Senate Judiciary Committee has...
Senate Republicans Expected to Change Dodd Financial Reform Bill
Mar 17 2010 // The new financial reform bill introduced in the U.S. Senate will likely be approved at the committee level next week, but its shape could change substantially once it comes before the full Senate and winning Republican...
Senate Passes Flood Insurance Extension; No House Vote Yet
Mar 17 2010 // The U.S. Senate has passed a measure to extend the federal flood insurance program until Dec. 31, 2010. The Senate-approved extension is a provision in a bill, American Workers, State, and Business Relief Act of 2010 (H.R....
Senate Reforms Boost Federal Reserve’s Powers Over Non-Banks
Mar 15 2010 // The Federal Reserve would gain new powers over non-bank financial firms and keep much of its authority over banks under a new bill to be unveiled on Monday by the U.S Senate’s architect of financial reform. In a...
Kansas Democrats File Complaint Against Speaker Over Comp Fund Suit
Mar 15 2010 // Top Democrat lawmakers in Kansas filed a complaint in the Kansas House against its Republican speaker, accusing him of misconduct for representing businesses, trade groups and insurance funds in a lawsuit against the...
Florida Insurers Pin Hopes on Broad Bill Passed by Senate Panel
Mar 11 2010 // With the prospects for a controversial rate deregulation bill dimmed by Gov. Charlie Crist’s threat of a veto, the insurance industry is betting on a new wide-ranging insurance proposal to bring some reform to...
Worker’s Compensation Bill Passes Oklahoma Senate
Mar 11 2010 // The Oklahoma Senate has passed a bill aimed at worker’s compensation system reform, SB 1973, sponsored by Senate President Pro Tem Glenn Coffee. Provisions of SB 1973 include: Decreases the number of Worker’s...
Hawaii Senate Committee OKs Using Hurricane Relief Fund to End Furloughs
Mar 8 2010 // Hawaii’s Senate Ways and Means Committee has advanced a bill that would use money from the state’s Hurricane Relief Fund to end school furlough days. Senate Bill 2124 notes that reductions and restrictions to...
Arizona Senate Committee Considers Changes to DMV Notification Rules
Mar 8 2010 // The Arizona Senate is considering reducing or eliminating the need for some risky drivers to maintain their automobile driving insurance filing. An amendment to Senate Bill 1030 would reduce or eliminate the need for...
