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Watch: Sen. Warren Grills Jack Lew on Too Big to Fail Banks

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Tag: Senate Banking Committee

Watch: Sen. Warren Grills Jack Lew on Too Big to Fail Banks

At a Senate Banking Committee hearing Tuesday, the Massachusetts senator got the best of the Treasury secretary as she pressed him on whether the government should cap the size of big banks or break them up.

Posted on May 22, 2013 READ MORE

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Truthdigger of the Week: Elizabeth Warren

By Alexander Reed Kelly —

At a Senate hearing Thursday, Elizabeth Warren exposed and shamed regulators for failing to prosecute banks that played a leading role in the financial crisis.

Posted on Feb 16, 2013 READ MORE

Barbara Walters Asks Chris Christie About Weight, Good News for Elizabeth Warren, and More

A look at the day’s political happenings, including PolitiFact’s “Lie of the Year” revealed and Bill O’Reilly responds to news of a “war on Christmas” victory.

Posted on Dec 12, 2012 READ MORE

Another Victory for Warren, a Hollywood Senate Run, and More

A look at the day’s political happenings, including President Obama’s response to the GOP’s latest “fiscal cliff” offer, Sarah Palin’s apology on Fox News and a “Simpsons” character explains the fiscal cliff.

Posted on Dec 4, 2012 READ MORE

Warren’s Wall Street Fight, Obama’s Thanksgiving ‘Pardon,’ and More

A look at the day’s political happenings, including a Democratic congressman’s resignation and why Joe Scarborough is apologizing to Nate Silver.

Posted on Nov 21, 2012 READ MORE

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Why the Senate Won’t Touch Jamie Dimon

By Ellen Brown, Web of Debt —

JPMorgan Chase is the biggest campaign donor to many of the members of the Senate Banking Committee who were charged with investigating the bank’s CEO, Jamie Dimon, in mid June.

Posted on Jun 21, 2012 READ MORE

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JPMorgan and the Senate Banking Committee: Cozy Connections

By Cora Currier, ProPublica —

Through campaign contributions and well-connected staff, JP Morgan has a few friends on the Senate banking committee.

Posted on Jun 16, 2012 READ MORE

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Giffords Aide Wins, Jamie Dimon Testifies and More

A look at the day’s political events, including the Arizona special election winner, JPMogran Chase CEO Jamie Dimon heckled and Sheldon Adelson’s latest multimillion-dollar donation.

Posted on Jun 13, 2012 READ MORE

AP / Manuel Balce Ceneta

Meet the Obscure Federal Regulator Who’s Not Helping Homeowners

By Cora Currier, ProPublica —

Fannie and Freddie are required to help homeowners while earning profits so they can pay back the taxpayers who bailed them out. Here is our guide to the little-known federal regulator, Edward DeMarco, ultimately in charge of the two companies. You may have never heard of him, but as The Washington Post put it, he’s “the most powerful man in housing policy.”

Posted on Feb 8, 2012 READ MORE | 4 COMMENTS

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Bernanke Bears Bad News for the Jobless

Those out-of-work Americans hoping to hear something encouraging from the general direction of Capitol Hill wouldn’t like what Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke had to say to Congress on Wednesday.