Brendan Pedersen
@BrendanPedersen
money ain't a thang. co-author of @PunchbowlNews's THE VAULT writing about banks, Congress, da economy. he/him. https://t.co/Ecif3uirpH
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https://punchbowl.news/news/?category=vault 29-05-2011 17:20:33
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Buckle up because a full-tilt political crisis is unfolding. It’s going to be a long week for FDIC Chair Martin Gruenberg and his Democratic allies as he testifies this week.
Brendan Pedersen and Laura Weiss with what’s at stake:
punchbowl.news/article/martin…
From THE VAULT: Martin Gruenberg is on the Hill, hope wavers for Wyden-Smith tax bill, a sit-down with BNY Mellon’s Robin Vince, Sen. Eric Schmitt challenges Covid-era funding and more.
Brendan Pedersen and Laura Weiss in this week's Lookahead:
punchbowl.news/archive/51224-…
Today's Sunday Vault is stacked with must-reads via Laura Weiss and I:
- Marty in the Thunderdome
- What's keeping Wyden-Smith from a Senate vote
- Q&A with BNY Mellon’s Robin Vince
- The Covid funds CRA to watch
- Lummis, Wyden blast DOJ on crypto link.punchbowl.news/click/35354699…
First in Punchbowl News Midday - W&M top Dem Rep. Richard Neal is slamming Speaker Johnson for declining to invite Kenyan President Ruto for a joint meeting w/ Congress: punchbowl.news/archive/51024-…
Max Cohen & Jake Sherman scooped the decision not to invite Ruto in AM
NEW: W&M will take up a bill raising penalties for unauthorized disclosure of tax return info in a markup next week, per 2 sources
W&M GOP just unveiled the bill after pushing for more penalties for the person who leaked Trump's tax returns
Bill summary: waysandmeans.house.gov/wp-content/upl…
Waters slammed investigators at Cleary Gottlieb for focusing on the tenure of Gruenberg and not former Republican appointees like Jelena McWilliams and Sheila Bair.
Vault co-author Brendan Pedersen with more:
punchbowl.news/article/waters…
.Chuck Schumer speaking on the floor just criticized the Trump tax cuts & cited the new CBO report putting cost of extending law past 2025 at over $4.5 trillion
'The American people don't want tax cuts that overwhelmingly favor the wealthiest few and corporations,' Schumer said
Shocked and saddened to hear about the passing of Steve Albini. Maxwell Newsom and Madeline Happold wrote an in-depth profile of him for 14 East Magazine a few years ago. He was a fascinating and generous interview subject. fourteeneastmag.com/index.php/2017…
Colorado is about to become the first state in U.S. history to require polling places within local jails to ensure people behind bars can exercise the right to vote. A bill awaits Governor Jared Polis’s signature to become law. boltsmag.org/colorado-votin…