Under a 1978 law, members of Congress and members of the executive branch can't have lobbying contacts with their former employers.
Mr. BRUCE FEIN (Former Official of the Justice Department): This is rather bizarre, with the one branch of the executive saying the other branch can't investigate it.
Ridge said the executive branch hasn't reached a consensus on the matter and indicated there isn't a turf war between agencies that deal with border issues, such as the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
In order for a budget agreement to become law, right -- the Republicans don't control both the executive branch and the legislative branch, and the Democrats don't control both.
Arlen Specter, R-Pennsylvania, said such behavior by the executive branch "can't be condoned, " and Sen.
"It was pouring with rain and there was no obvious sign of disabled access, so I wheeled myself up and down the length of the branch and couldn't find a way in so I had to bang on the windows, " he said.
BBC: Disabled man has to make bank transaction outside in rain
Now, this is hard to do because we don't control every branch.
WHITEHOUSE: "White House to Main Street" Town Hall: Elyria, OH
"Please please, insist first and foremost as an Ulster Bank customer that you don't leave you branch without your cash, " Ms McKeown said.
John Castle, chief executive of Southern Michigan, said in an email statement that the bank took the "difficult step" of shutting the branch because it wasn't profitable.
WSJ: After Years of Growth, Banks Are Pruning Their Branches
For me this is kind of like sitting on a branch and sawing on that branch, and we don't know when it's going to crack.
Rob Aulebach, a senior vice president in Bank of America's consumer unit, says customers just aren't coming to the branch as often as they used to.
WSJ: After Years of Growth, Banks Are Pruning Their Branches
In plain English this is saying, these are internal White House conversations, they're protected by the protections that encompass the executive branch, therefore we don't have to hand these over.
"New technology doesn't tend to substitute for branch banking but to complement it, " says Charles Calomiris, a professor at Columbia University's business school.
But of course as you've highlighted earlier customers made a great deal of noise about branch closures and unfortunately they weren't so successful there.
Mr. RODNEY LEWIS (Branch Manager): I don't think you know when a market is bottomed out in any market until you're on the other side of it and the upswing is starting.
Until now Singleton hasn't seen any financial reason to branch out of newspapers.
It was an olive branch to Republicans, but he didn't explain what he's going to do with the nuclear waste.
Unlike many Executive Branch employees, lawmakers and aides don't have restrictions on their stock holdings and ownership interests in companies they oversee.
Last year, roughly 200 active-duty and retired military service members marched in the San Diego parade, donning T-shirts to indicate their branch of military service.
And in fact, his branch of the United Auto Workers Union doesn't represent a single employee from the manufacturing industries.
Are you saying that you favor, oppose, or you don't care about whether or not the executive branch is covered?
The Senate's constitutional responsibility to confirm senior executive branch appointees is one of the few it hasn't compromised, or allowed the president to expropriate.
"I don't doubt for a minute that the executive branch has done things over time that caused legitimate concerns in Congress which they then responded to by putting out restrictions on the department's ability to manage its affairs, " the secretary said.
Branch out and talk to people in groups you wouldn't normally talk to, suggests Waber.
But Mr. Eishen also expressed concern that Athens wouldn't provide enough loan growth to support a new branch.
WSJ: After Years of Growth, Banks Are Pruning Their Branches
The report isn't measuring the scale of the additional divestment in branch numbers, but in its impact on competition.
They can't be based simply on what I or the executive branch decide alone.
You can't blame the Farmers as they are never at the branch level anyway so they would have no idea what's "really" going on with customers.
Moreover, while the current spread in rates between branch and Internet banks may be significant, that spread won't remain as marked if rates in general start to climb.
WSJ: Online-Only Banks Start to Yield More Than a Virtual Advantage
And more broadly speaking, how does he respond to criticisms from liberal organizations that he hasn't put enough muscle behind getting his judicial and executive branch nominees confirmed?
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