2012 election + weak housing market = new White House policies?

By Shirley Gao and Julie Vorman

The fast-approaching 2012 election has the Obama administration eyeing new policies to breathe life into housing market

Excerpts from this story referencing "Wall Street Journal":

"… housing market amid weak demand and a stream of foreclosed properties, the Wall Street Journal reports.Policy options include having mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Fredd …"

"… te sector, writes Peter Wallison of the American Enterprise Institute in a Wall Street Journal opinion column.  He says this view is supported in a newly published …"

CFPB has no plan to ban financial products, Warren tells GOP-led committee

By Shirley Gao

Elizabeth Warren says new consumer agency doesn't plan to ban any products

Excerpts from this story referencing "Wall Street Journal":

"… ublican-led House Oversight and Government Reform hearing on Thursday, the Wall Street Journal, Politico and other media reported. “We have no present intention to ban …"

BARR battle: Obama administration to make more corporate jet data public despite flak

By Corbin Hiar

The Obama administration's plan to make even more data available on corporate jet flights is drawing heat from some strange bedfellows

Excerpts from this story referencing "Wall Street Journal":

"… .Journalists are frequent users of the data. Last month, for instance, the Wall Street Journal published a  story about how corporate executives might be illegally …"

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Dueling op-eds capture Democratic, GOP views of year-old financial reform law

By Shirley Gao

Dueling op-eds by senators about financial reform law

Excerpts from this story referencing "Wall Street Journal":

"… ama – the top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee -- wrote in the Wall Street Journal that one of the key agencies created by the law, the Consumer Financial Pr …"

FACT CHECK: Liberal ad distorts Paul Ryan's Medicare proposal

By FactCheck.Org

FACT CHECK: Another distorted Medicare ad, this time from liberals

Excerpts from this story referencing "Wall Street Journal":

"… g "the Republican budget repeals Medicare." The ads truncate a line from a Wall Street Journal article, claiming the newspaper said the GOP plan would "essentially end M …"

"… end Medicare "as a program that directly pays" seniors' health care bills.Wall Street Journal, April 4: The plan would essentially end Medicare, which now pays most of …"

Financial stability council warns Congress U.S. markets still fragile

By Shirley Gao

Financial Stability Oversight Council tells Congress markets are still vulnerable

Excerpts from this story referencing "Wall Street Journal":

"… nd drained a key source of funding for investment companies and banks, the Wall Street Journal reports. FSOC recommended that the Securities and Exchange Commission incr …"

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Next stop for fight over Wall Street reforms: Federal court

By Shirley Gao

The financial industry is preparing to move its fight against the Dodd-Frank law into the courts

Excerpts from this story referencing "Wall Street Journal":

"… ering potential lawsuits to challenge specific Dodd-Frank regulations, the Wall Street Journal reports.  Advocates of litigation also point to a major victory …"

To Panama and Back

By Kevin Bogardus

Contractor implicated in Cunningham bribery scandal sponsored 2000 trip for aide

Excerpts from this story referencing "Wall Street Journal":

"… ght years and four months. But the investigation is not over yet. The Wall Street Journal and other newspapers have reported that the FBI is looking into wheth …"

Koch's low profile belies political power

By Kevin Bogardus

Private oil company does both business and politics with the shades drawn

Excerpts from this story referencing "Wall Street Journal":

"… $2,000 Koch Industries corporate check made out to Triad.In 1998, the Wall Street Journal reported that it had discovered documents the paper said confirmed a …"

FACT CHECK: Did Perry double Texas budget?

By FactCheck.Org

Super PAC singles out Perry for 'doubling' Texas' budget in ad, but doesn't have all the facts

Excerpts from this story referencing "Wall Street Journal":

"… tate also sold $9.8 billion in tax-exempt notes in August, a move the Wall Street Journal called "the largest-ever short-term note offering by the Lone St …"

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