...five Macomb Intermediate School District children and three staff members from a flaming bus Tuesday afternoon. Sen. Richard Shelby from Alabama has been particularly outspoken about giving government subsidies for manufacturing. But that's exactly what's... (more)

...Bush reforms that he once called "ill-advised." But Mr. Dodd wasn't the only Democrat to heap abuse on the Bush reforms. Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts defended Fannie and Freddie as "fundamentally sound" and labeled the president's proposals as "inane."... (more)

...are also complicit in pre-knowledge of possibly criminal torture policies of the Bush administration: Beginning in 2002, Nancy Pelosi and other key Democrats (as well as Republicans) on the House and Senate Intelligence Committees were thoroughly, and repeatedly,... (more)

...investigations of Madoff as well as a history of Finras reviews. It set a Jan. 22 deadline for the information. Sen. Richard Shelby, the ranking leader on the Committee, said in a statement that it is critical that the Banking Committee fully understand what... (more)

...said the SEC's oversight of Madoff shows it should be scaled back or eliminated. Senate Banking Committee chairman Christopher Dodd and Senator Richard Shelby, the panel's top Republican, said they would conduct their own examination. Dodd, a Connecticut Democrat,... (more)

...From 2003 through 2006, that gang of four included Democrats Bob Graham and John D. Rockefeller in the Senate and Jane Harman in the House, as well as Republicans Porter Goss, Peter Hoekstra, Richard Shelby and Pat Roberts. Senior staffers were sometimes present.... (more)