Washington Week Ahead: January 30th–February 3rd

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Courtesy of DC Tripwire Major Actions This Week: White House ·         On Wednesday, President Obama is expected to give remarks on the economy during a speech in northern Virginia. Senate ·         On Wednesday, Senate and House conferees will meet to consider the payroll tax/unemployment insurance/”doc fix” extension (HR 3630). House ·         Next week, the House [...]

Washington Week Ahead: January 23rd-27th

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Courtesy of DC Tripwire Major Actions This Week: White House On Wednesday, the Obama Administration announced that they would not approve the Keystone XL pipeline. Yesterday, President Obama traveled to Orlando, FL, to announce his initiative to promote tourism in the U.S. as a part of his “We Can’t Wait” campaign of executive actions. Senate [...]

Video: ECB’s Bazooka Politically Limited?

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The banks around the world are being surpressed by this interbank lending problem, says Larry McDonald, Newedge. “Economic indicators really haven’t alleviated which tells you that the actions [the ECB is] taking are making some progress but not a lot of progress otherwise equities would be higher,” he adds. Chris Sheldon, The Dreyfus Corp., also [...]