First Row (L-R): Finance Minister of Germany Jorg Asmussen, Finance Minister of Italy Giulio Tremonti, Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, French Finance Minister Christine Lagard, British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling and Luxembourg Prime Minister and chairman of the Eurogroup Jean-Claude Juncker.
Like Mr. Stumpf, Bank of America Chief Executive Brian Moynihan spent a good five minutes and 729 words touting the bank's "progress, " "position, " "momentum, " and "leadership" only to see his balloon popped by finance chief Bruce R.
Former Senate Finance Committee chair Bob Dole (R-KN) was a master of the art.
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But even before the hurricane, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) had publicly conceded Republicans didn't have the 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster of the measure.
As Republican presidential nominee George W. Bush unveiled his wide-ranging Medicare overhaul plan in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, Senate Finance Committee Chairman William Roth, R-Delaware, placed the finishing touches on a modest prescription drug benefit proposal he intends to debut later this week.
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Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, the ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, has been pushing to get nonprofit hospitals to do more for their communities.
On the morning after the House vote the Senate Finance Committee's chairman Bob Packwood (R-Oregon) and its ranking minority member James Exon (D-Nebraska) told me they'd seek deficit cuts before they'd go along with tax cuts in the Senate version of the bill.
Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, the top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, talked about the challenges ahead in pushing through presidential "fast track" trade promotion authority and in crafting a prescription drug benefit for Medicare, something GOP pollsters say is essential to complete before the next election.
Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), who as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee had pushed the shelter disclosure provision in 2004.
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It is subtler but surprising in its leadership: Senator Charles Grassley (R--Iowa), the ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee.
Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, is the ranking member of the Committee on Finance.
The Senate Finance Committee's leaders, chairman Charles Grassley (R- Iowa) and ranking member Max Baucus (D-Mont.) have both pushed various enforcement and loophole closing measures.
McCain was angrily challenged on campaign finance reform by Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-California), a fellow Vietnam War veteran and supporter of Texas Gov. George W. Bush, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee.
John McCain, R-Arizona, said the Enron case is another illustration of the need for campaign finance reform to eliminate the perception that companies such as Enron can buy access and influence through contributions.
Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.), who headed last year's Senate investigation of alleged campaign finance violations in Clinton's 1996 re-election campaign.
Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) concerning release of the Senate Governmental Affair's Committee's report on campaign finance irregularities, Thompson's office confirmed.
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