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Senate confirms Jacob Lew as Treasury secretary
WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Jacob J. Lew as Treasury secretary, allowing the longtime budget expert to take office as President Obama deals with looming automatic federal spending cuts. Lew, 57, was approved by a 71-26 vote. He...
Tags: Bernard Sanders, Citigroup Incorporated, New York University, Barack Obama, U.S. Senate
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Senate panel set to vote Tuesday on Treasury nominee Jacob Lew
WASHINGTON -- A Senate committee is expected to vote to confirm Jacob J. Lew's nomination to be Treasury secretary on Tuesday, setting the stage for his confirmation by the full Senate in the coming days. Lew, the former White House chief of staff,...
Tags: Citigroup Incorporated, New York University, Finance, Barack Obama, U.S. Senate
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Treasury nominee Jacob J. Lew says he would work to boost recovery
WASHINGTON -- Treasury secretary nominee Jacob J. Lew told senators Wednesday that his top priority was to boost the economic recovery while also grappling with the nation's growing debt. In his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee,...
Tags: New York University, Labor Markets, Finance, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress
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Initial jobless claims dropped last week to 366,000
WASHINGTON -- New jobless claims dropped last week to 366,000 as the labor market continued to show signs of moderate growth. The number of people filing for the first-time for unemployment benefits was down 5,000 in the week ending Saturday from the...
Tags: Labor Markets, Career and Workplace, Employment, Economic Indicator, Unemployment Benefits
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Ex-Treasury Secretary Geithner's new job: fellow at N.Y. think tank
WASHINGTON -- It didn't take long for former Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner to land a new job, and it's not on Wall Street -- though it's in the same area code. The Council on Foreign Relations, a nonpartisan think tank based in New York, said...
Tags: Ben Bernanke, Think Tanks, Finance, Federal Reserve, Barack Obama
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As he departs, Geithner says 'not a chance' he'll be next Fed chair
WASHINGTON -- As Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner prepared to leave office Friday, he was clear about one thing he won't be doing in the future -- running the Federal Reserve. Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke's second term expires in January 2014...
Tags: Jack Lew, Ben Bernanke, White House, Barack Obama, POLITICO LLC
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Geithner's new debt-limit estimate: Mid-February to early March
WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner told Congress Monday that the U.S. would exhaust its special measures to avoid breaching the nation's debt limit sometime between mid-February and early March. In updating an earlier estimate of...
Tags: George W. Bush, Republican Party, John Boehner, Parties and Movements, Fiscal Cliff
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Treasury to take steps to keep paying bills as debt limit nears
WASHINGTON -- The federal government will begin taking special steps this week to continue paying its bills as the nation prepares to hit its debt limit next week, Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said Wednesday. In a letter to congressional...
Tags: John Boehner, Barack Obama, Fiscal Cliff, Public Finance, Politics
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Governors meet with Obama, members of Congress on fiscal cliff
WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan group of governors came to Washington on Tuesday to express concern to the White House and members of Congress about the potential consequences to state budgets in the "fiscal cliff" negotiations. The governors are worried...
Tags: John Boehner, Parties and Movements, Mike Beebe, Joe Biden, Barack Obama
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Treasury Secretary Geithner reportedly wants to leave by month's end
WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner, the last remaining member of President Obama's original economic team, has made it clear he did not intend to stay in the high-pressure job for more than four years. And now, with Obama set to be...
Tags: American Express Company, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Public Finance
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Obama digs in as debt ceiling fight looms
WASHINGTON — Fresh off this week’s last-minute “fiscal cliff” deal, President Obama on Saturday dug in as the prospect of another budget clash with congressional Republicans loomed, warning that he will not negotiate over raising...
Tags: Republican Party, John Boehner, Media Industry, Fiscal Cliff, Barack Obama
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Boehner promises Republicans he'll fight Obama over debt ceiling
WASHINGTON – In the first closed-door meeting of the Republican majority in the new Congress, newly reelected House Speaker John A. Boehner on Friday promised a robust fight with President Obama to cut spending in exchange for raising the nation&...
Tags: Republican Party, John Boehner, Parties and Movements, Elections, Paul Ryan
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