Jeremy Stine

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  • D.C. Hotline: Swipe fees and debit dollars (Opinion)
    Thu, 03/31/2011 - 13:15

    "It is one of the most active lobbying efforts I have ever seen,” quipped Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) recently when asked about the fight over debit card swipe fees. 

    And that’s saying a lot, considering he’s been on Capitol Hill for 28 years. 

  • D.C. Hotline: 
Debit Dollars (Opinion)
    Thu, 03/31/2011 - 06:30

    “It is one of the most active lobbying efforts I have ever seen,” quipped Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, (D-Ill.) when asked about the fight over debit card swipe fees. And he’s been on Capitol Hill for 28 years. 


  • D.C. Hotline: Setting the 
2011 agenda (Opinion)
    Mon, 03/07/2011 - 07:34

    The National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association (NLBMDA) recently released its national legislative and regulatory policy agenda.


    In it, NLBMDA calls on Congress to encourage financial institutions to renew lending activity that will spur new-home construction, while also encouraging the need to review federal rules and regulations that stifle job creation.


  • D.C. Hotline: 1099s lose steam (News)
    Sun, 12/05/2010 - 21:00

    After dramatically losing control of the House on Election Day, the Democrats are finally coming...

  • D.C. Hotline: If it quacks (News)
    Sun, 10/31/2010 - 21:00

    In the literal sense, a lame duck is a fowl unable to keep up with...

  • D.C. Hotline: Get out the vote (News)
    Sun, 10/03/2010 - 21:00

    “As our founding fathers intended, the Senate will perform its role as the ‘cooling saucer,’...

  • D.C. Hotline: Boom Town (News)
    Sun, 09/05/2010 - 21:00

    It’s nice to report some good news, for a change....

  • D.C. Hotline: Swipe fee relief (News)
    Sun, 07/04/2010 - 21:00

    One lesson from the banking industry’s enormous bailout: The financial industry has some very good...

  • D.C. Hotline: The 1099 fiasco (News)
    Sun, 06/06/2010 - 21:00

    When the health care reform debate raged earlier this year, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made...

  • D.C. Hotline: Home Star still glimmering (News)
    Sun, 05/02/2010 - 21:00

    Home Star has finally been introduced in both houses of Congress after many months of...