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...Toomey decided not to run for re-election and his Senate term ends in January....
...In a statement, Toomey said, “I am excited to bring my differentiated perspectives to the Board of Apollo, a firm that plays an important role in generating retirement income for millions of savers and providing...
...I never expected that we were going to turn these red counties blue, but we did what we needed to do.”...
...And I would like to think she would be favourable towards it,” Manchin told Meet The Press....
...I think he is going to give [Donald] Trump a run for his money.”...
...“I think his influence is going to continue to decline — which I think it already has.”...
...But as Myles and I wrote in a piece yesterday, there is more at stake than DC politics....
...Marc Filippino Yeah, I would say that’s a huge difference. So I guess, I’m wondering why is there such a big push for Marxism grads right now?...
...“I urge President Biden to find a better, more mainstream, more bipartisan candidate to serve this crucial institution,” McConnell said of Raskin....
...“Any senator or congressman who says that’s woke, they’re not thinking clearly because I want to win in the marketplace. I want the best employees, I want happy employees,” Dimon said....
...I think that Republicans got ahead of themselves.”...
...“As a team, I see this group as not being dogmatic and being in line with Jay Powell in following the evidence,” said Spriggs, referring to the Fed chair....
...Toomey on Friday said he had “concerns” about Biden’s pick, and said the CFPB he spearheaded was “unconstitutional and unaccountable”....
...“If I step away from this confirmation process, there can be no excuse left for a continued boycott of the Constitution’s ‘advice and consent’ process and the Senate’s corresponding refusal to attend to...
...I’ve asked many of my contacts over the years whether or not technology will lead to concentration or diversification in the finance industry....
...“[Toomey] was not an ideologue like so many others on both sides of the aisle....
...Nevertheless, Republican senators on the panel accused her of flip-flopping, and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania called her testimony “one of the most remarkable cases of confirmation conversion I have ever seen...
...Asking Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell about the current bout of above-target inflation, Toomey said, “I know you believe this is transitory. But everything is transitory. Life is transitory.”...
...In 2013, NRA opposition was crucial in defeating proposals by the Democratic senator Joe Manchin and his Republican colleague Pat Toomey to expand background checks....
...“I have come to the conclusion that I am unable to support her nomination to serve as a member of the Federal Reserve board.”...
...“I have serious concerns that she would abuse the Fed’s narrow statutory mandates on monetary policy and banking supervision to have the central bank actively engaged in capital allocation,” Toomey said...
...Toomey on Tuesday said in a statement a “bipartisan consensus” had emerged on Omarova’s ideas about the US financial system being unsuitable....
...I look forward to reviewing this more in the coming weeks”. One of Toomey’s biggest, but quixotic, cross-party efforts has been to strike a bipartisan deal on gun reform....
...But I think where we are going to end up is . . ....
...Pat Toomey, the most senior Republican on the Senate banking committee, told senators last week: “I don’t think I’ve ever seen a more radical choice for any regulatory spot in our federal government.”...
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