Sen. Jeff Merkley slammed Donald Trump ‘s selection of Steve Mnuchin for Treasury secretary on Wednesday. “This man is an expert on how to make money in predatory lending and putting him in charge — it is absolutely the opposite of draining the swamp. It is filling the swamp with
Washington, DC – Hoy, los senadores de Oregon Ron Wyden y Jeff Merkley anunciaron que el Departamento de Trabajo de EE. UU. ha otorgado $6 millones para ayudar a educar y capacitar a los residentes de Oregon para empleos en la creciente industria de atención médica de Oregon. La subvención, otorgada a Worksystems Inc., es parte de America's Promise, que ayuda a cubrir la educación.
At least 120 House Democrats have signed a letter demanding President-elect Donald Trump rescind his appointment of Breitbart News chief Steve Bannon as chief strategist. The effort was led by Rhode Island Representative David Cicilline, while Democrats in the Senate have also spoken out. Cicilline is reportedly circulating the letter, which
Oregon’s junior U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley denounced president-elect Donald Trump’s appointment of Stephen Bannon, a man with ties to the alt-right movement and white nationalism, to a top post in Trump’s administration. “There should be no sugarcoating the truth here: Donald Trump just invited a white nationalist into the highest
Democratic members of Congress are calling for President-elect Donald Trump to rescind his appointment of conservative news executive Stephen Bannon as his chief strategist. Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon was among one of the first lawmakers to condemn the appointment in a statement Monday. “There should be no sugarcoating the
Debería ser más fácil ahorrar dinero para la jubilación. Todos podemos estar de acuerdo en eso, ¿verdad? Pero aproximadamente la mitad de todos los estadounidenses que trabajan en el sector privado no tienen acceso a un plan de jubilación basado en el empleador como un 401(k). La legislación federal para aumentar esos números no ha significado mucho.
Wells Fargo’s legal troubles are building, the San Francisco bank confirmed on Thursday, noting that the Securities and Exchange Commission is now looking into its sham accounts scandal. The bank has struggled to contain the damage from its acknowledgement in September that thousands of its employees opened accounts customers didn’t ask for,
The Securities and Exchange Commission is probing whether Wells Fargo & Co. violated rules around investor disclosures and other matters relating to its recent sales tactics scandal, people familiar with the matter said. The SEC sent requests for information to the bank asking for documents in recent weeks, following three Democratic senators’ calls in late September for the SEC to
WASHINGTON, Nov 2 (Reuters) – Twelve U.S. senators urged on Wednesday that a national security review panel reject Chinese aluminum giant Zhongwang International Group Ltd’s proposed $2.3 billion purchase of U.S. aluminum products maker Aleris Corp . The senators asked Treasury Secretary Jack Lew in a letter to launch a
PORTLAND, Oregón: hoy, en una conferencia de prensa frente a una sucursal de Wells Fargo en Portland, Oregón, los senadores estadounidenses Jeff Merkley (D-OR) y Al Franken (D-MN) anunciaron que están pidiendo a los funcionarios federales que persigan a un criminal sólido. investigación sobre las acciones del banco y sus ejecutivos. El mes pasado,
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