![[PHOTOS] 2013 Celebrity Couples](http://cdn.ph.upi.com/sblc/4441369333147/8/PHOTOS-2013-Celebrity-Couples.jpg "[PHOTOS] 2013 Celebrity Couples")
1.
Existing U.S. home sales rose in April
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Elizabeth Warren, the U.S. senator-elect from Massachusetts and bank critic, is likely to join the Senate Banking Committee, aides told The Wall Street Journal.
The decision will be made in January after the new Senate convenes. The Democratic caucus has the final say on committee assignments but rarely disputes the recommendations made by Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada.
Warren was an important advocate for greater consumer protection in the financial services sector before she left the Obama administration to teach at Harvard Law School and run for the Senate. Left-wing groups such as MoveOn.org have been pushing for a place on the Banking Committee.
"Wall Street CEOs, the same ones who wrecked our economy ... still strut around Congress ... demanding favors," she said in a speech at the Democratic Convention.
Banking executives and industry lobbyists say they have not been trying to block Warren from the committee. MoveOn said it had raised thousands of dollars to push for her and accused "Wall Street" of trying to keep her off.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Additional Business News Stories | |
WASHINGTON, May 23 (UPI) --
U.S. President Barack Obama was the last obstacle to getting the Keystone XL oil pipeline built through the country, the chairman of a House committee said.
|
TUCSON, May 23 (UPI) --
Raytheon has received approval from the U.S. Defense Acquisition Board for full-rate production of the Standard Missile-6.
|
Properties repossessed by lenders in the first quarter took an average of 477 days to complete the foreclosure process, up from 414 days in the previous...
|
Nobody likes spending cuts but the champion of that attitude is clearly President Barack Obama, who seems to have a very clear pain-avoidance agenda.
|
| Stories | Photos | Comments |
View Caption
