Word: leached
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...Greenspan endorsed plans to let banks expand their dealings in Wall Street securities. Testifying to the House Banking Committee today, Greenspan said limited stock and bond dealings by banks so far have proven they can properly manage market risks without endangering federally insured deposits. Greenspan praised committee chairman Jim Leach's (R-Iowa) plan to repeal major provisions of the Depression-era Glass Steagall Act, which bans banks from dealing in securities. Some banks have used a loophole to engage in limited securities underwriting since the late1980s. Leach, the Clinton Administration and Sen. Alfonse D'Amato (R-N.Y.) have...
...elevation of Alfonse D'Amato and Jim Leach to the chairmanships of the Senate and the House banking committees ensures that Whitewater hearings will bedevil the White House for the next two years. The good news: the exposure of the pathetic, somewhat shady attempts to get rich quick will help convince voters that the President and First Lady are normal Americans...
...bomb- throwing congressional wing and its governing faction in the statehouses and mayor's offices -- both of which showed remarkable success in Tuesday's voting. To be sure, Republican conservatives will also clash with Republican moderates in Congress, like Senator John Chafee of Rhode Island and Representative Jim Leach of Iowa. But there the conservatives will win, because the moderates' numbers in both parties in Congress have been decimated by retirements and by last Tuesday's election. But if one faith unites and encourages both wings of the G.O.P., it is the evidence from the election -- and from Clinton...
...grilling of administration witnesses. Sen. Alfonse D'Amato (R-N.Y.), destined to chair the Banking Committee, says he'llresume hearingswithin 60 days of taking power in January. And he said he would not hesitate to use his subpoena power "if we find people not being cooperative." Rep. Jim Leach (R-Ia.), who will chair the House Banking Committee, issued a similar warning urging full White House cooperation.Post your opinion on theWashingtonbulletin board...
...veteran of the Reagan and Bush Administrations, he speaks wishfully of Dan Quayle's political future. "If President Quayle asked me to become the solicitor general again, I'd do it," he told TIME in a recent interview. His appointment has Republicans cheering and Democrats worried. Republican Congressman Jim Leach of Iowa calls Starr's credentials "impeccable." A Clinton adviser labels Starr "a partisan...