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...were wrong." When Senator Bob Torricelli of New Jersey said those words in a hearing last Thursday, it marked a dramatic turnaround. For years, Congress has aided the accounting industry's efforts to avoid new auditing rules. Torricelli is one of many lawmakers (including Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman) who have pressured the SEC several times over the past decade to back off on tougher regulations for auditors. Clinton-appointed SEC chairman Arthur Levitt tried to enact rules that would have kept firms from auditing and consulting for the same clients and forced companies to publicly disclose more liabilities, such...
...stain of contributions. Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, who got $2,000 from Enron and $11,500 from Arthur Andersen in the past decade, invited former SEC chairman Arthur Levitt, the nation's leading accounting hawk, to do the scrubbing and apply the rinses. That gave Senator Robert Torricelli of New Jersey, who was until recently the subject of a federal probe into his campaign finances, a chance to apologize to Levitt, who had pushed unsuccessfully for lawmakers to tighten accounting standards. "Congress did not respond," Torricelli intoned. "We were wrong. You were right...
CLEARED. ROBERT TORRICELLI, 50, Democratic New Jersey Senator alleged to have accepted illegal gifts from donor David Chang; after three years of investigation by U.S. prosecutors, who declined to file charges. Manhattan U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White referred material from the probe to the Senate Ethics Committee...
...local hospital now had a stash on hand, Gilmore stepped to the microphone and told workers they could get free treatment in his township. Some 1,500 postal workers have since gone to Robert Wood Johnson for their Cipro. When the initial supply ran out on Tuesday, Senator Robert Torricelli helped speed a new shipment from the CDC. Gilmore and postal officials insisted late last week that the operation had been a team effort. Still, it was the mayor who received a standing ovation from postal workers last Thursday. And he continues to play an aggressive role on their behalf...
...White's office has been working at a rapid clip on the pardons investigation as well as the probe of New Jersey Sen. Robert Torricelli. In the Marc Rich portion of the pardons inquiry, former White House counsel and Rich lobbyist Jack Quinn testified before the grand jury a total of four times - and none of the occasions were pleasant. Two Texans who claim they were defrauded by Roger Clinton, the former president's brother, are scheduled to testify in June. In the Torricelli probe, prosecutors are trying to amass enough physical and other evidence to overcome the fact that...