Politics - Bloomberg

Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Four Wall Street lobbyists and about a dozen lawmakers huddled over eggs and bacon at Tortilla Coast restaurant on Capitol Hill on Dec. 2 to discuss legislation aimed at strengthening bank regulation. Full Story »

Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Senate Democrats said they are leaning toward passing a health-care overhaul plan without a new government-run insurance program or an expansion of the Medicare program for the elderly. Full Story »

Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s federal regulator is renegotiating the companies’ financing plan with the U.S. Treasury Department and may seek an increase to their $400 billion federal lifeline before the end of the year, according to people familiar with the talks. Full Story »

Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- The Obama administration will announce today that it has picked the Thomson Correctional Center in western Illinois to house some detainees now held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, an administration official said. Full Story »

(Corrects to show that the House Financial Services approved the loss-bearing measure, in the penultimate paragraph.) Full Story »

Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama said the nation’s banks have an obligation to help accelerate the U.S. economic recovery after the government bailed them out of a crisis “largely of their own making.” Full Story »

Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama’s $1 trillion health-care overhaul won’t buy corporate America relief from medical costs that more than doubled in the last decade, chief executive officers of more than a dozen U.S. companies said. Full Story »

Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Representative Bart Gordon, a Tennessee Democrat, announced he would retire from Congress, becoming the latest Democrat from a competitive district not to seek re-election next year. Full Story »

Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama, trying to revive flagging momentum for U.S. health-care legislation, summoned all Senate Democrats to a White House meeting to push for passage by year’s end, Democratic aides said. Full Story »

Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Not even titans of finance on the way to an appointment with the president can escape airport delays. Full Story »