Data shows Deutsche Bank was key patron of questionable mortgage lenders

By Michael Hudson

Data shows Deutsche Bank was key patron of questionable mortgage lenders

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"… its relationships with Ameriquest and Countrywide.‘Fingers crossed’The Senate committee’s April 13 report focused not only on Deutsche Bank but also on a number …"

WaMu, other banks motivated by greed, financial crisis probe concludes

By David Heath

WaMu, other bankers knowingly sold bad loans, Senate probe of crisis concludes

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"… nce, and seeking some $900 million from the executives and their wives.The Senate committee used WaMu as one of several case studies in its investigation.Goldman Sach …"

"… r denied the charges as part of the settlement.Among the highlights of the Senate committee's investigation:In 2007, Goldman Sachs sold mortgage-backed securities and …"

Carl Levin — Senate Armed Services Committee

By Josh Israel

As the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq march toward a second decade, Democrat Carl Levin chairs the Senate committee overseeing the Defense Dep

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"… stan and Iraq march toward a second decade, Democrat Carl Levin chairs the Senate committee overseeing the Defense Department. Levin, now 76, is in his sixth term and …"

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EPA says new rules coming for chemicals in dyes, detergents

By Jim Morris

The Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it would issue new rules for three chemicals used in dyes, flame retardants, laund

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"… table risks have been eliminated,” EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson told a Senate committee last December. “But, under existing law, we cannot give that assurance. …"

America’s asbestos age

By Jim Morris

A toxic legacy may leave behind a half-million deaths

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"… eaths are expected to occur over the next 30 years,” he told a Senate committee in 2007.If Lemen’s figures are correct, that would put the death toll fr …"

EPA toxic chemicals bill likely on hold until after election

By Chris Hamby

The way the Environmental Protection Agency evaluates the risks posed by toxic chemicals is badly in need of an overhaul, but any change wil

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"… ainst “endless delay in the name of uncertainty.”In testimony before a Senate committee last December, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson called on Congress to pass r …"

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Enron top brass accused of dumping stock were big political donors

By John Dunbar, Robert Moore and MaryJo Sylwester

WASHINGTON, January 9, 2002 — Twenty-four top executives and board members at Enron Corp. contributed nearly $800,000 to national political

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"… e the company’s high-level communications to the Bush administration.The Senate committee will look into whether executives or board members broke the law, whether …"

WaMu bank executives aware of rampant fraud

By David Heath

WaMu bank executives aware of rampant fraud but failed to act

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"… ether bank executives knew fraud was rampant within their mortgage loans.A Senate committee tomorrow will present evidence that in the case of Washington Mutual Bank, …"

Party machines, lobbyists and special interests: Part one

WASHINGTON, March 2, 2000 — It is no surprise and nothing new in the land of the spin and the home of the sound bite that each and every can

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"… m. In December 1986, Rudman was appointed to serve as vice chairman of the Senate committee investigating arms transfers to Iran. He also served on the Ethics Committ …"

Napolitano quizzed on ATF probe, NRA weighs in

By David Heath

Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano told a Senate committee today that she knew nothing of a shift in strategy that delayed arrests

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"… them transfer weapons. …"

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