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you receive a first physical interview, if you pass that, you receive a second physical interview and then you wait to see if you landed the job, while consistently applying for new open job postings. I have been told they receive 200 to 400 or more resumes for each single ...
Key Players Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. As chair of the Senate Finance Committee, Baucus is in charge of the committee that will be responsible for drafting one of two versions of a Senate health care reform bill. Baucus, a 30-year veteran of the Senate, is known as a ...
... the bill before leaving for the July 4 recess, but, after a near party-line vote, Democratic leaders will need some Republican support. In an interview today with PBS' "Nightly Business Report," House Financial Services Chair Barney Frank acknowledged compromises were made to ensure the bill's passage. REP. BARNEY ...
... Across from the construction site that was once the World Trade Center, Goldman Sachs' new world headquarters. To help foot the $2-plus billion construction bill, Goldman got New York City and State to bless a $1.65 billion tax-free so-called liberty bond issue, plus another $66 million ...
... big banks, but Robert Kelly, chief executive officer of Bank of New York, says that's a big mistake. (February 2, 2010)Watch Unmasking Interest Rates, Honky-Tonk Style Paul Solman explains how interest rates are set, with a little help from economic country musician Merle Hazard. (January 27, 2010 ...
... 60 votes they needed for passage. The chairman of the Health Committee, Iowa Senator Tom Harkin, summed it up this way: "The principle of this bill overrides everything." HARI SREENIVASAN: Jim Lehrer will have an interview with President Obama on health care and other issues tomorrow night on the "NewsHour ...
Whenever Congress wants to know how much new legislation will cost -- or save -- the government, it asks the CBO. Elmendorf will put a dollar figure on the health care bill Reid hopes to bring to the Senate floor as early as next week. It's been an uncommonly high profile ...
Sen. Hillary Clinton told the NewsHour Wednesday that she remains optimistic about her chances in next week's Texas and Ohio primaries as she battles Sen. Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination. Clinton details her campaign outlook and the prospects for a general election race against presumptive GOP nominee John McCain.
President Bush on Monday selected Ben Bernanke, chairman of the president's Council of Economic Advisers, to replace Alan Greenspan at the head of the Federal Reserve.
The Friday night post on Truth Social seemingly marked a final break in a dispute that has been simmering for months. Greene, once a staunch MAGA supporter, has moderated her political stance, criticizing Republican leaders and diverging from Trump on several issues, including economic affordability and the Jeffrey Epstein files.
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