In 2007, the year before Barack Obama was elected President, the liberal advocacy organization Public Citizen’s “White House For Sale” website was actively seeking change in what it viewed as onerous lobbying activities, particularly bundling.
The Washington Post talks about the increasingly non-partisan tone in the 2012 Election. Romney and Perry both talk about American as “our” country, not the Democrats’ or Republicans’. Could this shift away from partisanship be exactly what “our” country needs?
State Department officials warned Monday that Israel is readying a unilateral military operation against Iran. Ostensibly, this has caused diplomats for the U.S.
In a sign that a leverage point between powerful financial institutions and the general public may have been reached, Bank of America recently announced that it was backing off from plans to institute a $5 monthly fee for use of its debit cards.
Federal regulators recently directed 14 major mortgage servicers to mail letters to 4.3 million customers who could be potential victims of fraudulent foreclosure practices. The letters stipulate that homeowners whose houses were foreclosed on in 2009 or 2010 will be eligible for a free review of their cases by a lender-funded independent consultant.