Romney looks to boost front-runner status in Nevada
By John Whitesides LAS VEGAS | Sat Feb 4, 2012 1:00am EST LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – With a huge lead in polls, Republican front-runner Mitt Romney appears poised for an easy win in Nevada on Saturday that would put him in firm command of the party’s see-sawing presidential nominating race. A Nevada victory would be Romney’s second win in a row and his third in the first five contests in…
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House to move insider trading bill next week
By David Lawder WASHINGTON | Fri Feb 3, 2012 5:59pm EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The House of Representatives will swiftly take up a Senate-passed bill to curb insider trading by lawmakers next week, a top Republican said on Friday as Congress clamors to promote the measure in the face of flagging approval ratings. The “clean government” bill, which aims to prevent lawmakers from using knowledge gained through their positions for…
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Romney cruises toward win in Nevada
By John Whitesides and Ros Krasny LAS VEGAS | Fri Feb 3, 2012 6:25pm EST LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Republican front-runner Mitt Romney surged on Friday toward an apparent easy win in Nevada, with a new poll showing him beating rival Newt Gingrich by a 2-to-1 margin on the eve of the state’s presidential nominating contest. Romney is seeking his second consecutive victory on Saturday in the state-by-state Republican race…
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Senate OKs insider trading curbs on lawmakers
By David Lawder WASHINGTON | Fri Feb 3, 2012 11:08am EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Senate on Thursday approved new curbs aimed at preventing lawmakers from trading shares based on inside information, but also extended the bill‘s disclosure requirements to more than 300,000 other federal employees. The Senate voted 96-3 to pass the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act, which would require members of Congress to file electronic disclosures…
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Romney plays Trump card in Las Vegas
By Ros Krasny and Sam Youngman LAS VEGAS | Thu Feb 2, 2012 3:36pm EST LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Real estate mogul Donald Trump re-injected himself and his wealth into the Republican presidential race by endorsing Mitt Romney on Thursday, a day after the front-runner stumbled with remarks suggesting he was indifferent to America’s poor. Trump, himself an on-again/off-again Republican presidential candidate and former member of the party, said he…
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