Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
WASHINGTON -- Rhode Island Sens. Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse have lined up behind the $700-billion financial rescue plan as it heads to a Senate vote. The two Democrats said Wednesday the plan was especially needed to help protect average...
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
WASHINGTON — Rhode Island Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse joined a 74-to-25 Senate majority yesterday to pass the latest version of the rescue package for the financial system, both calling it essential to the health of the nation’s economy.Reed and Whitehouse also called the bill an improvement over the version that the House unexpectedly killed on Monday, sending legislators...
Minipundit (Free subscription) | yesterday
... I like the idea of bringing Summers back. I'm still hoping for Richard Danzig at Defense, but Jack Reed - along with Gates the alternative to Danzig on CQ's list - wouldn't be half-bad. The only problem is that we'd lose a Senate seat in a state with a Republican governor. I'm sure whoever Donald Carcieri picked would lose to Pat Kennedy or James Langevin come 2010, but that's a whole...
Organizations and Markets (Free subscription) | yesterday
... increasing by a mere one percent per year, Fannie’s mission is of paramount importance,” Senator Jack Reed, a Rhode Island Democrat, lectured Mr. Mudd at a Congressional hearing in 2006. “In fact, Fannie and Freddie can do more, a lot more.” The “Mr. Mudd” referred to is Daniel H. Mudd, then chairman of Fannie Mae and son of the TV newscaster Roger Mudd . The Times notes that politicians...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Rhode Island Sens. Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse have lined up behind the $700 billion financial rescue plan as it heads to a Senate vote.
Exploring International Law (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
... Brown, Robert Byrd, Kent Conrad, Byron Dorgan, Russell Feingold, Tom Harkin, Patrick Leahy, Jack Reed, Sheldon Whitehouse, and Independent Bernard Sanders.
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
... in the economy unseen since the Great Depression."It would be nice to say it's a cure,'' Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) said, "but frankly it's a tourniquet.''"This country faces many serious problems... We must act, but we must act in a way that improves the situation,'' said Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Ver.) "We can do better than the legislation we are dealing with tonight.'' Others warned...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
... : Sheila Bair , Timothy Geithner, Eugene Ludwig, Laura Tyson Defense : Chuck Hagel , Robert Gates, Jack Reed, Richard Danzig Attorney General : Janet Napolitano , Eric Holder, Hillary Clinton, Artur Davis Homeland Security : Lee Hamilton , Tony Lake , Richard Clarke, Tim Roemer National Security : Anthony Zinni , Greg Craig, Samantha Power, Susan Rice Agriculture : Tom Vilsack , Colin...
CFO (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
... Housing and Urban Affairs Chairman Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), and other Democratic lawmakers who were involved in the negotiations on Tuesday to map out the way forward on the administration’s proposal to save several struggling financial institutions. Reid said that he spoke with White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and Democratic...
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
... skydiving without a parachute,” Langevin said. “I just hope we land on something soft.”Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse issued statements calling for continued efforts to solve the problems in the financial markets.Kennedy and Langevin spoke in the lobby outside the packed House chamber as legislators absorbed the dimensions of the defeat for the congressional leadership...
American Spectator (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
... sending Schumer, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad, Sen. Max Baucus, and Sen. Jack Reed in and out of the negotiations. Reed, especially, was, according to a Treasury aide, a vocal participant in the negotiations, at one point shouting down Blunt.Overshadowing the negotiations was Sen. John McCain, who had convened an emergency meeting of economic advisers and surrogates...
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
Rhode Island will receive $19.6 million to buy, fix up and sell foreclosed properties as its share of a $3.92-billion federal program aimed at curbing the impact of foreclosures. “Vacant, foreclosed homes can invite crime and drag down neighborhood property values,” Sen. Jack Reed said in a statement announcing the grant award. “This federal aid will help protect homeowners and neighborhoods...
