Laura Litvan

May 25, 2022 | Daily Business Review

"As a nation, we have to ask: When are we going to stand up to the gun lobby? When are we going to do what we know in our gut needs to be done?" President Joe Biden said.

By Jenny Leonard, Laura Litvan and Alexis Shanes

5 minute read

March 22, 2022 | Daily Business Review

Ketanji Brown Jackson, the 51-year-old federal appeals court judge, has some advantages: nine years on the bench, a Harvard pedigree, and a Democratic Senate majority with the power to confirm her on their own.

By Laura Litvan and Greg Stohr

6 minute read

December 02, 2021 | Daily Business Review

"When a CR reaches the Senate, Democrats are going to support it and work to pass it as quickly as possible," Schumer said. "Our Republican colleagues, meanwhile, can either work with us to move the process quickly through the chamber or they can engage in obstructive tactics that will make a government shutdown almost a certainty."

By Erik Wasson and Laura Litvan

4 minute read

February 04, 2009 | Daily Report Online

Environmental groups are racking up a series of early wins thanks to expanded Democratic majorities in the U.S. Congress. But they aren't satisfied, and the scope of their agenda may cause headaches for party leaders. Environmentalists want Congress to cap greenhouse-gas emissions, a proposal meeting resistance from companies such as General Motors Corp.

By Laura Litvan and Catherine Dodge

5 minute read

September 23, 2008 | Daily Report Online

No matter who's elected president in November, Democrats are poised to expand their congressional majority. And that means they will have a leading role next year in pushing through tough new regulation of U.S. financial markets. Presidential candidate John McCain's post-convention bounce in the polls and the enthusiasm generated by the choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate haven't trickled down to congressional contests so far.

By Laura Litvan

6 minute read

May 21, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Republicans in the U.S. Congress were uniting behind a call to repeal all or part of the 2010 financial regulatory overhaul. Since JPMorgan Chase & Co. announced its $2 billion trading loss earlier this month, that front has splintered.

By Laura Litvan and Phil Mattingly

7 minute read

April 22, 2009 | Daily Report Online

Wall Street may be heading for the deepest investigation of its practices since a congressional panel's probe of abuses following the 1929 stock market crash. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to push for a comprehensive inquiry, saying that three-quarters of Americans want to know what led to the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

By MARK PITTMAN and LAURA LITVAN

6 minute read