Adewale “Wally” Adeyemo, deputy director of the National Economic Council, will succeed Caroline Atkinson as the president’s deputy national security adviser for international economic affairs, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Nick Timiraos writes
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House and Senate leaders want to put budget negotiations on hold until Congress approves an increase in the U.S. debt limit, Roll Call reported Tuesday. Niels Lesniewski writes Treasury Secretary Jack Lew
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House and Senate lawmakers are expected to tackle the future of U.S. government spending, tax breaks, highway funding and borrowing authority when they return from their annual summer recess, The Hill newspaper
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House and Senate lawmakers have sent an inquiry Thursday to Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew on the department’s use of the data analytics capabilities of the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board’s
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Anne Wall, formerly deputy assistant to the president for legislative affairs and Senate liaison, has received Senate confirmation as the Treasury Department‘s deputy undersecretary for legislative affairs. The Treasury said Thursday Wall will be in
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Treasury Secretary Jack Lew will meet with philanthropic group leaders in Detroit this week to talk about development assistance efforts in light of the city’s financial crisis, Reuters reported Monday. Lisa Lambert
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A former congressional staffer predicts that any agreement to raise the debt ceiling could include additional cuts to the Pentagon’s budget, Defense News reported Monday. John Bennett writes Mackenzie Eaglen, now an
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The U.S. House of Representatives could vote on legislation to raise the government’s borrowing authority above the $16.7 trillion cap as early as Friday, Republican leadership aids told Reuters. A Reuters article
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The U.S. Treasury is pressing Congress to act quickly in raising the debt ceiling before the department runs out of money to pay the nation’s bills, The New York Times reported Monday.
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Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said Sunday he will continue to apply pressure on China regarding the country’s alleged activities regarding theft of intellectual property and trade secrets, Reuters reported Monday. Poornima Gupta
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