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BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Jan. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by the Mayor's Office of Public Information, City of Birmingham, Alabama: WHO: Senator Richard Shelby, United States Representatives Terri Sewell and Spencer Bachus and Mayor William A. Bell, Sr. WHAT: Announce Representative Sewell's plans to ask for the Congressional Gold Medal for the four little girls tragically killed in 1963 at the 16th Street Church bombing. WHEN: Tuesday, January 22,...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Representatives Roy Blunt, Spencer Bachus, Sam Graves, Jo Ann Emerson, Todd Akin, and Blaine Luetkemeyer introduced House Resolution 1681 yesterday, supporting effective enforcement of United States trade laws. The resolution noted the blatant and widespread schemes of some unscrupulous foreign producers and certain complicit U.S. importers to engage in transshipment, document fraud, and false descriptions of imported merchandise subject to antidumping...
LONDON, July 29, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- PokerStars, the world's largest poker site, welcomes news of the successful mark up of H.R. 2267: The Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act in the House Financial Services Committee by an overwhelming, bipartisan margin of 41-22. The bill, sponsored by Committee Chairman Barney Frank, offers a long overdue common sense approach to internet gaming regulation in the United States. PokerStars wholeheartedly...
A House committee Wednesday criticized the U.S. Treasury for failing to ensure the $700 billion financial markets bailout is doing what it's supposed to do. This was supposed to help keep people in their homes, make it possible for the American people to make large purchases like automobiles that could boost our ailing economy, Rep. Bill Pascrell, D-N.J., said during the House Financial Services Committee. Sadly, that does not seem to be occurring. Committee Chairman Barney Frank, D-Mass.,...
Allowing the U.S. automakers to declare bankruptcy would worsen the credit crisis, Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., said Friday during an auto bailout hearing. If the the Big Three Detroit automakers are permitted to stop paying their debts through bankruptcy, it would greatly exacerbate the credit crisis, Frank said in his opening remarks at the House Financial Services Committee hearing. "For us to do nothing ... in the midst of the worst credit crisis and unemployment situation in the last 70...
By Tony Batt By TONY BATT stephens washington bureau WASHINGTON - The House Financial Services Committee on Tuesday voted 30-19 to require federal agencies to define unlawful Internet gambling before completing regulations to enforce a ban against it. The question now is whether the margin of Tuesday's vote will persuade House leaders to schedule a vote on the House floor before Congress adjourns in the next few weeks. Even if the bill does not pass this year, it is expected to provide...
By Tony Batt By TONY BATT STEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU WASHINGTON - Despite a stunning setback in his effort to roll back a ban on Internet gambling, Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., says the issue is not going away. "At this point, I'm waiting to see what the Republicans, who voted against this, plan to do after getting the heat for killing it," Frank said this week. Opponents of the ban were oozing confidence on June 25 as the House Financial Services Committee prepared to vote on an amendment...
By Tony Batt, Las Vegas Review-Journal Jun. 26--WASHINGTON -- Any chance of Congress rolling back an Internet gambling ban this year died Wednesday when a House committee deadlocked on an amendment to prevent federal agencies from drafting regulations to enforce the ban. The House Financial Services Committee voted 32-32 on an amendment by Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., to block the Federal Reserve and Department of Treasury from completing the new rules until the agencies defined "unlawful...
By Tony Batt By TONY BATT STEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU WASHINGTON - Any chance of Congress rolling back an Internet gambling ban this year died Wednesday when a House committee deadlocked on an amendment to prevent federal agencies from drafting regulations to enforce the ban. The House Financial Services Committee voted 32-32 on an amendment by Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., to block the Federal Reserve and Department of Treasury from completing the new rules until the agencies defined "unlawful...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A key House Republican on Monday said a group of Republicans and Democrats was working on a bill to curb predatory mortgage lending modeled on a state law seen by some as one of the strongest in America. Alabama Republican Rep. Spencer Bachus, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee's subcommittee on financial institutions and capital markets, said his panel would consider the legislation if consensus can be reached. "A bipartisan group of...
