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NewsTrust - Money and Politics - Most Recent Stories: News Copyright (c) 2008 NewsTrust en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:02:57 -0800 http://newstrust.net/images/logos/newstrust-logo_20px.gif NewsTrust http://newstrust.net/topics/money_politics/top_stories/news http://newstrust.net/topics/money_politics/top_stories/news NewsTrust helps people find good journalism online. We rate the news based on quality, not just popularity. Our social news network features top-rated stories from hundreds of mainstream and independent sources. Find out more at http://newstrust.net/ The Worldwide Efforts Of The Global Energy Lobby To Kill Progress On Climate Change Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/382133 http://newstrust.net/stories/382133 <span><a href="/sources/huffington_post">Huffington Post</a> - By Katherine Goldstein Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/05/exposed-the-worldwide-eff_n_346110.html?grist&cp&cp - Nov. 05 (Special Report) - The Center For Public Integrity just released a blockbuster investigative report that details the intense corporate pressure to block an effective global treaty from being reached at the UN Climate Talks in Copenhagen in December, and to halt efforts in individual countries to limit greenhouse gas emissions.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/382133">4.4 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/382133">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/382133">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Climate Change Corruption Money and Politics Lobbying From The Great Beyond Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/357377 http://newstrust.net/stories/357377 <span><a href="/sources/congressional_quarterly">Congressional Quarterly</a> - By Alex Knott - Oct. 30 (Special Report) - With a little planning, you can lobby Congress from beyond the grave. Every year, hundreds of Americans continue to make campaign contributions, lobby Congress and in some states cast votes after they have died. And it’s all completely legal.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/357377">4.0 average</a> - <a href="/stories/357377">4 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/357377">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> U.S. Congress Lobby Reform Money and Politics Corruption Anatomy of an Ethics Leak Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/357014 http://newstrust.net/stories/357014 <span><a href="/sources/washington_independent">Washington Independent</a> - By Mike Lillis - Oct. 30 (News Analysis) - The news that “dozens” of House lawmakers are under scrutiny by ethics investigators — reported last night by The Washington Post — will likely stir a small storm in Washington, particularly on an otherwise quiet Friday when Congress is out of session.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/357014">3.5 average</a> - <a href="/stories/357014">4 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/357014">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Corruption U.S. Congress Money and Politics Seven members of House defense subcommittee scrutinized by ethics investigators Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/355808 http://newstrust.net/stories/355808 <span><a href="/sources/washington_post">Washington Post</a> - By Carol D. Leonnig - Oct. 30 (News Report) - The investigations by two separate ethics offices include an examination of the powerful subcommittee chairman, John P. Murtha (D-Pa.), as well as others who helped steer federal funds to clients of the PMA Group. The lawmakers received campaign</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/355808">3.9 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/355808">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/355808">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Corruption U.S. Congress Defense Industry Department of Defense Money and Politics Ethics list heavy on defense spenders Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/357445 http://newstrust.net/stories/357445 <span><a href="/sources/politico">The Politico</a> - By Jonathan Allen - Oct. 30 (News Report) - Seven members of the powerful House panel that handles the Pentagon's purse — and the lucrative earmarks inside — have been under investigation by the House Ethics Committee, according to an internal ethics committee document obtained by The Washington Post.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/357445">3.4 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/357445">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/357445">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Money and Politics Corruption U.S. Congress Lawmakers targeted in ethics probe Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/356874 http://newstrust.net/stories/356874 <span><a href="/sources/politico">The Politico</a> - By John Bresnahan - Oct. 30 (Breaking News) - A leaked document shows that House ethics investigators are probing the activities of nearly three dozen lawmakers — an ethical dust storm that will empower the Republicans and could imperil efforts to get health care reform through the House next week.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/356874">3.3 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/356874">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/356874">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Money and Politics U.S. Congress Corruption What's So Scary About Michael Pollan? Why Corporate Agriculture Tried to Censor His University Speech | Health and Wellness Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/352071 http://newstrust.net/stories/352071 <span><a href="/sources/associated_press">Associated Press</a> - By Martha Rosenberg - Oct. 28 (News) - "Agribusiness gets plenty of opportunities to preach its point of view at agriculture schools such as Cal Poly, where the likes of Monsanto and Cargill fund research," the Times wrote, calling the 800-acre Harris Ranch, near Coalinga, whose "smell assaults passersby long before the panorama of thousands of cattle packed atop layers of their own manure,"--"Cowschwitz." Ouch.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/352071">Not rated yet</a> - <a href="/stories/352071">See Info »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/352071">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Money and Politics U.S. Economy Mainstream Media Media and Politics A Pattern of Contract Oversight Problems at the State Department? Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/343986 http://newstrust.net/stories/343986 <span>pogoblog.typepad.com - By Bryan Rahija - Oct. 23 (Special Report) - A new Inspector General (IG) audit has recommended that the Department of State (DoS) seek a $132 million rebate from a contractor for a host of construction deficiencies at the American embassy in Baghdad. The contractor, First Kuwaiti Trading and Contracting, received $470 million in no-bid contracts for construction of the embassy (referred to in the report as NEC Baghdad).</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/343986">3.9 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/343986">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/343986">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Money and Politics Corruption Hill Aides Call For JSF Restructure Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/344004 http://newstrust.net/stories/344004 <span>dodbuzz.com - By Colin Clark - Oct. 23 (News Report) - A preliminary Pentagon cost estimate that the F-35 could cost as much as $17.1 billion more than currently planned is prompting calls from congressional sources for the program to be reassessed and restructured.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/344004">3.3 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/344004">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/344004">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Department of Defense Money and Politics How Drug-Industry Lobbyists Got Their Way on Health Care Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/329083 http://newstrust.net/stories/329083 <span><a href="/sources/time">Time</a> - By Karen Tumulty, Michael Scherer - Oct. 22 (Special Report) - It's understandable the drugmakers would want a roll-call accounting of who their friends and enemies are, considering the size of the investment they are making on Capitol Hill: in the first six months of this year alone, drug and biotech companies and their trade associations spent more than $110 million — that's about $609,000 a day — to influence lawmakers, according to figures compiled by the nonpartisan watchdog group Center for Responsive Politics. The drug industry's legion of registered lobbyists numbers 1,228, or 2.3 for every member of Congress. And its campaign contributions to current members of Waxman's committee have totaled $2.6 million over the past three years.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/329083">3.8 average</a> - <a href="/stories/329083">3 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/329083">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Health Care Pharmaceuticals Lobby Reform Money and Politics U.S. Congress Pro-Israel Group's Money Trail Veers Hard Right Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/343277 http://newstrust.net/stories/343277 <span><a href="/sources/truthout">TruthOut</a> - By Eli Clifton - Oct. 22 (News) - But an IPS investigation into the tax records of the donors to StandWithUs, which professes to be ideologically neutral, found a web of funders who support organisations that have been accused of anti-Muslim propaganda and encouraging a militant Israeli and U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. Some of these organisations have tied the origins of Palestinian nationalism to Nazi ideology, and suggested that a vast Muslim conspiracy - in a similar vein to the anti-Semitic Protocols of the Elders of Zion - is mobilising to undermine the U.S. constitution and impose Sharia law.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/343277">Not rated yet</a> - <a href="/stories/343277">See Info »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/343277">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Money and Politics Israel Palestine Mainstream Media Media and Politics U.S. Congress Dem officials set stage for corporate-backed health care campaign Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/307265 http://newstrust.net/stories/307265 <span><a href="/sources/politico">The Politico</a> - By Ben Smith,Kenneth P. Vogel - Oct. 16 (Special Report) - At a meeting last April with corporate lobbyists, aides to President Barack Obama and Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) helped set in motion a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign, primarily financed by industry groups, that has played a key role in</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/307265">3.9 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/307265">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/307265">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Health Care U.S. White House Pharmaceuticals Insurance Money and Politics Political Fundraising Now "Borders On Insanity" Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/305228 http://newstrust.net/stories/305228 <span><a href="/sources/huffington_post">Huffington Post</a> - By Arthur Delaney Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/15/rep-john-larson-political_n_321525.html - Oct. 15 (News Report) - "If we can get a system that's based on small donors that takes the big money out of the process, there's a value to that. It frees up your time," Larson said. "It borders on insanity when you think of the time and energy that's devoted to the money chase instead of serving your constituents, instead of spending time on issues."</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/305228">4.3 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/305228">See Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/305228">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Money and Politics Biggest Obstacle to Global Climate Deal May Be How to Pay for It Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/302714 http://newstrust.net/stories/302714 <span><a href="/sources/new_york_times">New York Times</a> - By Elisabeth Rosenthal - Oct. 15 (Special Report) - The price of a climate agreement will be $100 billion a year by 2020, many economists estimate; some put the cost at closer to $1 trillion.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/302714">Not rated yet</a> - <a href="/stories/302714">See Info »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/302714">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Global Warming China Global Economy India Housing U.S. Economy Oil and Gas Energy Climate Change Environment Money and Politics Lobbyists Fight Efforts to Save on Health Care Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/288594 http://newstrust.net/stories/288594 <span><a href="/sources/new_york_times">New York Times</a> - By By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK - Oct. 11 (News Analysis) - Most of the serious proposals to fulfill President Obama’s vow to curb health care costs have fallen victim to organized interests and parochial politics.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/288594">3.9 average</a> - <a href="/stories/288594">4 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/288594">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Health Care Lobby Reform Obama Administration Money and Politics A Year after the Great Collapse Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/290645 http://newstrust.net/stories/290645 <span><a href="/sources/bill_moyers_journal">Bill Moyers Journal</a> - By Bill Moyers - Oct. 11 (Special Report) - Just over a year after economic calamity brought promises of reform from Washington, has Wall Street really changed? Former International Monetary Fund chief economist Simon Johnson and US Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) report on the state of the economy.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/290645">4.0 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/290645">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/290645">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Money and Politics Lobby Reform N.D. scandal raises concerns about health cooperative route Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/290304 http://newstrust.net/stories/290304 <span><a href="/sources/washington_post">Washington Post</a> - By Karl Vick - Oct. 11 (News) - For North Dakota insurance sales representatives, March may have been the ideal time to enjoy the swim-up bar at a resort on Grand Cayman Island. But back on the frigid northern Plains, policyholders at Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota were less delighted when they learned about the trip for 66 staff members and guests.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/290304">3.7 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/290304">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/290304">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Health Care Money and Politics Confronting Rick Berman Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/278095 http://newstrust.net/stories/278095 <span><a href="/sources/msnbc">MSNBC</a> - By Rachel Maddow - Oct. 07 (Special Report) - Berman, proudly known as "Dr. Evil," still refused to answer who pays for his attack websites, even as he's served as a leader in generating what critics say is misinformation about virtually all reform initiatives of the last 20 years, including union organizing rights and the Employee Free Choice Act.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/278095">4.1 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/278095">See Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/278095">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Lobby Reform Money and Politics Obama: Health Plan Will Boost Economy - WSJ.com Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/267419 http://newstrust.net/stories/267419 <span><a href="/sources/wall_street_journal">Wall Street Journal</a> - Oct. 04 (News Analysis) - Obama used his weekly radio address to tout a health-insurance overhaul making its way through Congress, calling it a critical step toward reducing the nation's deficit and boosting an ailing economy.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/267419">2.8 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/267419">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/267419">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> U.S. Economy Money and Politics Republican Party Democratic Party Labor Dick Gephardt's Spectacular Sellout Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/262650 http://newstrust.net/stories/262650 <span><a href="/sources/the_nation">The Nation</a> - By Sebastian Jones - Oct. 03 (Special Report) - In March, months after the government gave an unprecedented $85 billion to AIG, the insurance giant released a list of counterparties, exposing some of the world's top financial institutions as the real recipients of the bailout. First among its peers, Goldman Sachs got a whopping $12.9 billion, despite having claimed in September to be insulated from AIG's troubles. Based on these revelations, Maryland Democratic Congressman Elijah Cummings, who had dogged the financial industry since the crisis began, told his staff to prepare a letter calling for an investigation.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/262650">4.2 average</a> - <a href="/stories/262650">5 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/262650">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Money and Politics Meet the Hazzards Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/248679 http://newstrust.net/stories/248679 <span><a href="/sources/the_nation">The Nation</a> - By Nomi Prins, Christopher Hayes - Sep. 23 (Special Report) - As we mark the end of the first year of the financial bailout, the public seems to regard the government's actions with a toxic combination of rage and confusion. People are pissed off but too bewildered to know what to do with that anger. The confusion isn't an accident. The government hasn't exactly been forthcoming about how it's made buckets of money available to the banking sector. When it does disclose some information--such as in July's SIGTARP report from the Treasury or the Federal Reserve's weekly balance sheet--it's in the form of intimidating descriptions, accounting mumbo jumbo and technical reports that do little to illuminate just what the hell is going on. What's worse, banks and the establishment press have portrayed TARP as the sum of the banking industry's federal subsidies. An August 30 New York Times article, "As Banks Repay Bailout Money, U.S. Sees a Profit," gives the impression that taxpayers should be happy to have made $4 billion on the deal, as if our checks were in the mail. But when the government became Wall Street's bank, it wasn't just $700 billion of TARP money that flew north to Wall Street. TARP was but a small fraction (roughly 4 percent) of the full $17.5 trillion bailout and subsidization of the financial sector. [See image.] The details of this total bailout are complicated, but the basic mechanisms aren't beyond the average citizen's grasp. We're going to walk you through it.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/248679">4.9 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/248679">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/248679">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Money and Politics U.S. Economy Bush Administration Finance Fed Preparing to Step Up Regulation of Banks' Pay Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/218813 http://newstrust.net/stories/218813 <span><a href="/sources/washington_post">Washington Post</a> - By Neil Irwin, Tomoeh Murakami Tse - Sep. 19 (News Report) - The Federal Reserve is moving to restrict compensation practices at the nation's banks, expanding its regulatory reach to oversee how tens of thousands of bank employees ranging from chief executives to loan officers are paid.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/218813">3.8 average</a> - <a href="/stories/218813">4 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/218813">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Finance Global Economy Obama Administration Money and Politics Judge Overturns Bank Of America-SEC Settlement Over Merrill Bonuses Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/206987 http://newstrust.net/stories/206987 <span><a href="/sources/huffington_post">Huffington Post</a> - By Stephen Bernard - Sep. 14 (News Report) - A federal judge on Monday rejected a $33 million settlement between the Securities and Exchange Commission and Bank of America Corp., saying the SEC's accusations of inadequate disclosure by the bank over bonuses paid at Merrill Lynch must now go to trial. Separately, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's office is preparing to file charges within the next couple of weeks against several high-ranking executives at Bank of America, claiming they failed to disclose details about the bank's acquisition of Merrill Lynch, according to a person familiar with the investigation.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/206987">3.7 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/206987">See Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/206987">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Finance Law Enforcement Money and Politics Sandra Day O'Connor: Stop Electing Judges Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/208817 http://newstrust.net/stories/208817 <span><a href="/sources/huffington_post">Huffington Post</a> - By Gene Johnson - Sep. 14 (News Report) - Multimillion-dollar judicial campaigns make it difficult to know whether a judge is deciding a case based on the merits or on concerns about reelection, she said. She noted that the founders of the country believed it crucially important that federal judges have the freedom to make unpopular decisions without worrying about poll numbers. It was only after President Andrew Jackson's election in 1828 that he persuaded states to begin adopting elections for judges.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/208817">3.6 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/208817">See Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/208817">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Election Reform Other Elections Money and Politics In Shift, Wall Street Goes to Washington Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/203694 http://newstrust.net/stories/203694 <span><a href="/sources/washington_post">Washington Post</a> - By David Cho, Steven Mufson, Tomoeh Murakami Tse - Sep. 13 (Special Report) - In the year since the investment bank Lehman Brothers collapsed, paralyzing global markets and triggering one of the biggest government forays into the economy in U.S. history, Wall Street has looked south to forge new business strategies, hew to new federal policies and find new talent.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/203694">4.2 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/203694">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/203694">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Finance Lobby Reform Money and Politics