United States Senate Committee on Finance

...enough on trade. "For the past 10 months, the United States has lacked a comprehensive trade agenda. And that absence is palpable," Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., said in a recent speech. Baucus said a new blueprint...

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...recourse, because we're being thrust into a bankruptcy situation." Olcutt said he and other county school officials are furious after the Senate Finance Committee rejected the legislation - and after a handful of lawmakers from both chamber...

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Charles Collyns, an International Monetary Fund economist nominated to be Treasury assistant secretary for international finance, told a Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing that Tresury must find more effective ways to persuade...

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...chief of mission at the International Atomic Energy Agency. Halloween's scary ghosts and goblins have now departed until next year. But the Senate Finance Committee's report Wednesday on its lengthy vetting of Treasury Department nominee...

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...to a top post at the Treasury, especially to make sure they've properly paid their taxes. But the six-month investigation that the Senate Finance Committee just completed on Lael Brainard is likely to make even the most persnickety...

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Brainard was late in paying real estate taxes in 2005, 2006 and 2007 on property in Northern Virginia, according to the report by the Senate Finance Committee staff. The report also challenges the accuracy of a deduction Brainard...

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...on agriculture and manufacturing issues, holding back talks on services, Michael Punke said in written answers to questions from the Senate Finance Committee. "We need to make broader-based progress in key service sectors, particularly...

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...cites "lack of candor" in Brainard responses (Adds details on tax inquiry, background on vacant posts) By David Lawder The head of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday said he was satisfied with a long-running tax review of a...

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Adds details, Grassley comment) U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus said on Wednesday he was satisfied with a tax review of a nominee for the Treasury's top international position and will proceed with a vote as soon as...

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