Accomplished cost house of representatives and subsequently hindered president s obama agenda, then that could be part of her legacy thats less positive. Host did you have a smile on your face or scowl . Guest i worked for a democrat. It was he was one of the democrats who did not lose, so it was more a sign of relief quite frankly. Almost every democrat was in danger of losing. It was a wave election. It was quite shock but curiosity. Now the republicans have a turn, lets see what happens next. Host what do you teach . Guest introduction to american politics, course, u. S. Congress, part of that course i have the students playing members of congress and get a bill enacted through the house of representatives and thats a great experience for myself and i get to play speaker. I also teach course called power and america, politics, learning about different aspects of power in the United States or interest groups, power of president , power of people, power of voters, those are some of th
The presiding officer the senate will come to order. The clerk will read a communication to the senate. The clerk washington, d. C, july 3, 2014. To the senate under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable thomas r. Carper, a senator from the state of delaware, to perform the duties of the chair. Signed patrick j. Leahy, signed patrick j. Leahy, the senate is out for the july 4 holiday and lawmakers will return to business monday july 7 and of course we will have live coverage of the senate on cspan2. Now we will take you back to the discussion on banking regulation focusing on community and International Bank in posted by boston university. The shadow finance hundred and 74 of assets of u. S. Banks. It is a very big market presence even as measured by those even let alone but i think it really is. So it is a clear issue for the industry and i think it is also a major one for the regulators and 40 occ. For the regulator
Welcome to countdown. Show asn the shoe oil extends its losses, Jack Osbourne says the move is welcome. The fall and oil prices is very basically a good thing for the u. K. , u. S. And europe. Up itsia is ramping economic defenses in the biggest hike since 1998, after the lostl lost 10 ruble 10 of its value in one day alone. Give us the scale here. There are rate hikes and there are rate hikes. The benchmark was 10. 5 and it is now 17 . Thursday we heard the governor of the central bank said it would raise rates from nine point i percent to 10 . Many said that wasnt enough. Itmany when im expecting and looks like she change strategy and nelly got 600 and 50 basis point and now we got a 650 basis point rate hike. You to go back to october of 1998 to find that kind of oneday slide in the ruvell. Ruble. In two dozen 15 the joke was circulating hooton will turn 63, oil will hit 63 and the ruble will be 63 to the dollar. It looks like oil and the ruble got ahead of themselves. 62, and the r
Country. The danger zone. And even the recession seems to have gone its course. And the cnbc learns that the ecb could be ready to announce a quantityive easing Program Based on the contributions made from National Central banks. French president held a emergency cab innocent meeting following three days around bloodshed that left 17 people dead. In london Prime Minister David Cameron is consulting Senior Intelligence Security Officials over the u. K. s response to the attacks. 3. 7 Million People joined rallies yesterday honoring the victims of last weeks terrorist attack. World leaders including germany, italy, israel, and palestinian walked arm in arm with the french president. The u. S. Secretary of state has played down absence referring to criticism, quote kerry is expected to arrive in paris on friday according to local reports. The partner from one of the dead attackers is at large. Shes believed to have travel through syria through turkey earlier this month. They describe the
Access on cspan, cspan2 cspan radio and cspan. Org. Recently the Federal Reserve and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau removed some lending restrictions on small banks. Next the Senate Banking committee looks at Community Banks and federal regulations. Richard shelby of alabama chairs the hearing. Next the Senate Banking the hearing will come to order. This week the committee here on banking begins an examination of potential changes to the current regulatory structure. Today we will focus on regulatory relief for smaller Financial Institutions. In the near future we will continue this examination by focusing on unnecessary statutory and regulatory impediments across the Financial Services spectrum. While there are some who continue to argue that current law is beyond reproach, there are many on both sides of the aisle that believe improvements can and should be made. Today we will hear from regulators on some of the lessons theyve learned and how best to overcome some of the challe