The latest statement is “a bit of a stiffening, a bit of increased rhetoric,” said Steve Clemons, director of the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation, a policy research group in Washington. Obama's top political adviser said the ...
Federal and state bank regulatory agencies should retain their consumer-protection authority, said Ellen Seidman, senior fellow at the New American Foundation and former head of the Office of Thrift Supervision. “I believe that bank regulators, ...
Steve Clemons, an analyst at the New America Foundation, a policy research institute in Washington, said the situation exposes the confines of Obama's approach to foreign affairs. “Obama is in a bind because he's realizes that to some degree he is seen ...
“Obama is in a bind because, because he's seen as a transformational figure,” said Steve Clemons, an analyst at the New America Foundation, a policy research institute in Washington. “And now he seems to be wanting to talk to the leaders instead of the ...
Jackie Williams, executive director of Ohio's CollegeAdvantage plan, says a 529 needs a range of aggressive and conservative options. Aggressive plans are often sought by parents who started saving late and hope to catch up. ...
“The administration is unlikely to get even the majority of the cuts it’s asking for,” said Marc Goldwein, policy director of the bipartisan Committee for a Responsible Budget, a Washington-based research group. “More serious efforts at deficit reduction are going to require entitlement and tax reform -- that’s where most of the money is.” Original article
Two rules issued late last year, one on mortgages and one on credit cards, show that Washington is shifting from the idea that disclosure alone is enough to protect consumers, said Ellen Seidman, a fellow at the New America Foundation and a former head ...
The president’s readiness to move the week after he signed a $787 billion stimulus measure shows how important health care is to economic growth, said Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat. It also is a sign Obama hasn’t been sidetracked by the delay in naming a Health and Human Services secretary, said Len Nichols, a former Clinton administration official.
The move “represents a big step backward” for the government which had “pledged to roll back” such regulations in Pakistan, said Parag Khanna, ...
The activists needn't worry, said Steve Clemons, an analyst at the Washington-based New America Foundation. Obama retains the final say, and appointing ...
