The Obama administration will ask Congress to give the Treasury secretary unprecedented powers to initiate the seizure of non-bank financial companies, such as large insurers, investment firms and hedge funds, whose collapse would damage the broader economy, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said this morning.
Geithner to Ask Congress for Broad Power to Seize Firms
The US Senate has approved a $95bn (£76bn) foreign aid package that includes military support for...
Mike Gallagher has suggested that he is resigning from his seat in Congress because of death...
The House approved a set of long-awaited foreign aid bills on Saturday that would send funds...
