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  • 3 weeks ago | cpapracticeadvisor.com | Mark Schoeff Jr. |Jason Bramwell

    By Mark Schoeff Jr.CQ-Roll Call(TNS)WASHINGTON - Senate Banking Committee Democrats looked to Paul Atkins' past to question whether he's the right person to take over the Securities and Exchange Commission, while Republicans looked forward at a hearing Thursday to a new leader who will change how the agency conducts rulemaking and oversight. Atkins, a former SEC commissioner and a longtime financial industry consultant, was tapped by President Donald Trump to be the next SEC chair.

  • 3 weeks ago | rollcall.com | Mark Schoeff Jr.

    Senate Banking Committee Democrats looked to Paul Atkins’ past to question whether he’s the right person to take over the Securities and Exchange Commission, while Republicans looked forward at a hearing Thursday to a new leader who will change how the agency conducts rulemaking and oversight.   Atkins, a former SEC commissioner and a longtime financial industry consultant, was tapped by President Donald Trump to be the next SEC chair.

  • 1 month ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Mark Schoeff Jr.

    By Mark Schoeff Jr., CQ-Roll Call WASHINGTON - Several Senate Democrats joined almost every Republican to confirm Lori Chavez-DeRemer, 67-32, as labor secretary Monday. Chavez-DeRemer, a former one-term Republican House member from Oregon, overcame misgivings from some Republicans over her co-sponsorship of legislation in the last Congress that would have made it easier for workers to join a union.

  • 1 month ago | arcamax.com | Mark Schoeff Jr.

    WASHINGTON — Several Senate Democrats joined almost every Republican to confirm Lori Chavez-DeRemer, 67-32, as labor secretary Monday. Chavez-DeRemer, a former one-term Republican House member from Oregon, overcame misgivings from some Republicans over her co-sponsorship of legislation in the last Congress that would have made it easier for workers to join a union. She backed away from the bill during her Feb.

  • 1 month ago | businessandamerica.com | Mark Schoeff Jr.

    The Senate Banking Committee approved Thursday Jonathan McKernan’s nomination to be director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau along party lines, 13-11. The vote came a week after McKernan’s confirmation hearing, where Democrats expressed concern that he would not be able to steer the regulator independently of billionaire special presidential adviser Elon Musk, who has called to eliminate it. McKernan was one of four nominees the panel advanced.

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