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House of Representatives votes to extend conservation easements

Lake County News - Thu Dec 10, 4:11 am ET

WASHINGTON – On Wednesday the US House of Representatives passed H.R. 4213, the Tax Extenders Act of 2009, by a vote of 241-181.

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Highlights of US House Financial Regulatory Bill
Nasdaq - 7 minutes ago
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The House of Representatives voted Friday to make sweeping changes to the oversight and operation of U.S. financial markets. The Senate is working on a separate measure and policymakers could enact legislation sometime early next year.
House approves sweeping US financial regulatory overhaul - Update
EARTHtimes.org - 9 minutes ago
Washington - The US House of Representatives on Friday approved a massive overhaul of financial regulation in the hopes of preventing a future financial crisis from engulfing the country. A top priority of President Barack Obama, the legislation was ...
House hires Amanda Manatt as Communications Officer
Arkansas News Bureau - 9 minutes ago
I’m pleased to announce that Amanda Manatt will be the new Communications Officer for the Arkansas House of Representatives. Amanda will start December 21. The news release follows: LITTLE…
House approves sweeping US financial regulatory overhaul
EARTHtimes.org - 24 minutes ago
Washington - The US House of Representatives on Friday approved a massive overhaul of financial regulation in the hopes of preventing a future financial crisis from engulfing the country. The legislation was passed strictly along party lines by 223-2...
US House passes historic financial sector overhaul
AFP via Yahoo! News - 29 minutes ago
The US House of Representatives on Friday approved the most sweeping regulatory overhaul of the financial sector since the Great Depression of the 1930s, a key goal of President Barack Obama.
House approves historic financial reform bill
Reuters via Yahoo! News - 38 minutes ago
The House of Representatives approved the biggest changes in financial regulation since the Great Depression on Friday, marking a win for the Obama administration and congressional Democrats.
Rep. Baldwin out with swine flu
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - 38 minutes ago
Rep. Tammy Baldwin has been out of pocket for a good chunk of the action in the U.S. House of Representatives this week after contracting what appears to be the swine flu. Baldwin missed votes on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, after deciding to stay in her D.C. apartment to recover and avoid exposing her colleagues and others to the virus, according to a press statement Friday. "Like many ...
KATV’s Manatt Hired to Direct House Communications
Arkansas News Bureau - 39 minutes ago
A Little Rock television reporter has been hired to direct the new communications office for the state House of Representatives.from Channel 7
U.S. House to Vote on Comprehensive Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (H.R. 4173)
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - 55 minutes ago
WASHINGTON----Today, the House of Representatives is considering the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, an omnibus legislative proposal combining wide-ranging financial industry regulation.
US House Rejects Mortgage 'Cramdown' Amendment
Nasdaq - 1 hour 23 minutes ago
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The U.S. House of Representatives rejected an amendment to allow bankruptcy judges to rewrite the terms of troubled mortgage loans Friday.
U.S. House rejects mortgage "cramdown" measure
Reuters via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 28 minutes ago
In a win for the banking industry, the U.S. House of Representatives voted on Friday to reject a measure that would have allowed bankruptcy judges to change the terms of mortgages for distressed homeowners.
UPDATE:Hoyer:US House Democrats To Seek $1.8 Trillion-$1.9 Trillion Hike In Debt Cap
Nasdaq - 1 hour 38 minutes ago
(Updates to add comment from House Republican lawmakers.) By Corey Boles and Martin Vaughan Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Democrats in the U.S. House Of Representatives intend to seek a $1.8 trillion to $1.9 trillion increase in the nation's current debt limit of $12.1 trillion to ensure the federal government's borrowing needs are met through 2010, the House Majority Leader ...
House Just Says No to FINRA
Financial Planning.com - 1 hour 46 minutes ago
The House of Representatives refused to give FINRA rulemaking authority over many investment advisory firms.
Manatt hired to direct Ark. House communications
Pine Bluff Commercial - 1 hour 50 minutes ago
A television reporter has been hired to direct the new communications office for the state House of Representatives. House Speaker Robbie Wills announced Friday that Amanda Manatt will be communications officer for the state House.
House hires KATV reporter
Arkansas News Bureau - 1 hour 54 minutes ago
KATV’s Amanda Manatt has been hired as the new communications officer for the House of Representatives. You may recall that Stephen Steed was fired from the job a few months back and a consultant, Craig Douglass, was brought in to devise a cutting-age communications strategy for the chamber. She’ll be paid $45,000 a year, which is [...]