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8 Dec 2011, 7:40 am by James Hamilton
In a statement on the Senate floor opposing a procedural motion regarding the nomination of Richard Cordray to lead the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, Senator Richard Shelby (R-ALA) reiterated his opposition to a single Director for the Bureau and called for structural changes to the Bureau to increase its transparency and accountability. [read post]
14 Dec 2009, 8:00 pm
Richard Shelby (R-AL) issued a statement Monday accompanied by a letter to NASA inspector general Paul Martin. [read post]
15 Jun 2011, 7:08 pm by Jeff Foust
Richard Shelby (R-AL) have in common with California’s two Democratic senators? [read post]
5 Feb 2010, 6:21 am by Jonathan H. Adler
Several news reports (summarized here) indicate that Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) has placed a blanket hold on all executive nominations — some 70 or so in all — over two federal projects that he wants to see in Alabama. [read post]
30 Jan 2013, 4:57 am by Jeff Foust
Richard Shelby (R-AL) told the Huntsville Times that he will “continue to fight hard to ensure that taxpayer dollars are invested wisely in SLS so that we maintain our nation’s leadership role in human spaceflight,” according to a statement furnished to the newspaper. [read post]
5 Feb 2010, 9:37 am by JB
Senator Richard Shelby a Republican Senator from Alabama, has secretly put a hold on all executive branch nominations by the Obama Administration. [read post]
5 Feb 2010, 1:14 pm by Sandy Levinson
" "Thug," with its connotation of a willingness to use violence, may be too extreme, but certainly the word "bully" is appropriate for Richard Shelby, who, as Jack (and the Washington Post) described below, is holding up the Senate in order to gain what Chicago-types call "rents" from the national government, i.e., a presumptively unnecessary venture to provide jobs for his constituents in the name of honoring "national defense. [read post]
2 Mar 2010, 3:25 am by admin
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Dodd and ranking Republican Richard Shelby have traded competing proposals on consumer protection in a complex legislative contest on how to revamp U.S. financial services regulation. [read post]
10 Aug 2007, 1:19 pm
Dodd-Shelby Provision Gives SEC-PCAOB Time to Reform Internal ControlsA provision in the American COMPETES Act (PL 110-69) inserted by Senators Christopher Dodd and Richard Shelby would give the SEC and PCAOB more time, but not unlimited time, to reform the internal control reporting mandates under section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. [read post]
13 Mar 2012, 7:48 am by James Hamilton
In a letter to Senate Banking Committee Chair Tim Johnson (D-SD), Senator Richard Shelby (R-ALA), the Committee’s Ranking Member, asked that a bi-partisan JOBS Act be crafted that is modeled on the JOBS Act capital formation legislation, HR 3606, that passed the House by a vote of 390 to 23. [read post]
5 May 2010, 2:30 pm by James Hamilton
Dodd-Shelby Amendment Ends Liquidation Fund and Allows Regulators to Impose Industry Bans on Culpable Executives at Failed FirmsSenate Banking Committee Chair Chris Dodd and Ranking Member Richard Shelby have reached an agreement on various issues in the financial reform legislation, S 3217, allowing the measure to move forward. [read post]
9 Mar 2010, 4:28 am by Jeff Foust
Richard Shelby (R-AL) hasn’t changed his mind about NASA’s new direction, one that cancels Constellation and seeks to develop commercial systems to transport crews to and from low Earth orbit. [read post]
29 Sep 2011, 6:51 am by James Hamilton
Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL), Ranking Member on the Banking Committee has introduced the Financial Regulatory Responsibility Act of 2011, which holds federal financial regulators such as the SEC and CFTC accountable for rigorous, consistent economic analysis on every new regulation they propose. [read post]
30 Mar 2011, 10:09 am by James Hamilton
As the House Financial Services Committee prepares to mark up legislation reforming government-sponsored enterprises and the secondary market form mortgage-backed securities, Senator Richard Shelby outlined a two-tier hearings process in the Banking Committee before drafting legislation. [read post]
22 Sep 2011, 5:27 pm by James Hamilton
Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL), Ranking Member on the Banking Committee has introduced the Financial Regulatory Responsibility Act of 2011, which holds federal financial regulators such as the SEC and CFTC accountable for rigorous, consistent economic analysis on every new regulation they propose. [read post]
24 Apr 2012, 7:56 am by By AZAM AHMED
Senator Richard Shelby took aim at regulators on Tuesday in his opening statement at a hearing on MF Global, saying that missing customer money "reveals a serious regulatory failure. [read post]
1 Feb 2010, 8:24 am by Jeff Foust
Richard Shelby (R-AL) is not pleased at all with the White House’s FY11 budget proposal for NASA. [read post]