Analysis: Senate math is in Yellen’s favor for Fed confirmation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – There is no such thing as an easy vote in the current U.S. Senate, but Janet Yellen should have a relatively smooth path to confirmation if she is nominated by President Barack Obama to head the Federal Reserve.
U.S. Senate intelligence panel pushes to tighten surveillance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Leaders of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee, meeting amid outcry over the government’s collection of personal communications data, said on Thursday they were working on legislation that would tighten oversight of federal el…
Delay seen in Spanish-language Obamacare websites: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Spanish language version of online exchanges to sign up for healthcare insurance under “Obamacare” will not be ready on October 1 but will be ready “sometime in October,” White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters on Thu…
Senate Democrats reject House Republican debt limit plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat, on Thursday rejected plans by Republicans in the House of Representatives to advance a debt limit increase bill that contains measures such as delaying “Obamacare.”
U.S. says online Obamacare enrollment for individuals starts October 1
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Individuals seeking health insurance under Obamacare through new federal marketplaces will be able to enroll online as planned beginning October 1, despite a one-month delay for small businesses, the Obama administration said on …
Obama sharply critical of Republican opponents of healthcare law
LARGO, Maryland (Reuters) – President Barack Obama lashed out at Republican opponents of the healthcare law he pioneered on Thursday ahead of a key deadline for enrollment and vowed that he would stop attempts to get the program bogged down in an ongoi…
No evidence of al Shabaab threat against U.S., attorney general says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has no specific, credible evidence of a threat against it from al Shabaab, the Somali militant group that raised security concerns with its attack on a Nairobi mall, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Thu…
House Republicans shift Obamacare to U.S. debt limit fight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner said on Thursday he believes lawmakers will avert a government shutdown, though he said Republicans will demand other concessions before agreeing to keep the government funded.
Boehner tries to herd U.S. Republicans to avert shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner on Thursday urged his unruly caucus to show flexibility over a measure to keep the government open when funding runs out in less than a week, a fellow Republican said.
Fed’s Stein: need to be more predictable on bond taper
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve should make itself more predictable about scaling back its massive bond buying campaign, a top U.S. central banker said on Thursday, acknowledging that it had confused markets by not tapering at its meeting las…
