Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said on Monday he will "take a look at" stronger sanctions against the country when Congress returns from Thanksgiving recess next week.
Reid expressed his reservations about the deal on NPR's "The Diane Rehm Show" on Monday. … Reid called the deal, supported by Obama, "an important first step," but said he understood the concerns of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who called it "an historic mistake." … A group of 14 bipartisan Senate lawmakers, including top Democratic leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., last week announced they were planning to devise new, tougher sanctions against Iran, depending on whether Kerry was able to strike a satisfactory deal in Geneva.
Less intervention and smaller gains in foreign-exchange reserves may damp China’s appetite for U.S. government debt. The nation is the largest foreign creditor to the U.S. and its holdings of Treasuries increased by $25.7 billion, or 2 percent, to $1.294 trillion in September, the biggest gain since February. U.S. government securities lost 2.6 percent this year, according to the Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Bond Index. (BUSY)
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So, you're telling me that noted Republicans like Harry Reid and Charles Schumer sold weapons to Iran and "invaded the wrong country"?
Senate weighing Iran sanctions setting up possible showdown with Obama
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said on Monday he will "take a look at" stronger sanctions against the country when Congress returns from Thanksgiving recess next week.
Reid expressed his reservations about the deal on NPR's "The Diane Rehm Show" on Monday.
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Reid called the deal, supported by Obama, "an important first step," but said he understood the concerns of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who called it "an historic mistake."
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A group of 14 bipartisan Senate lawmakers, including top Democratic leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., last week announced they were planning to devise new, tougher sanctions against Iran, depending on whether Kerry was able to strike a satisfactory deal in Geneva.
Here is a look at what is known about the deal.
And in economics news, the People's Bank of China is no longer stockpiling U.S. Dollars or other currencies because it's no longer in their best interest to do so.
Less intervention and smaller gains in foreign-exchange reserves may damp China’s appetite for U.S. government debt. The nation is the largest foreign creditor to the U.S. and its holdings of Treasuries increased by $25.7 billion, or 2 percent, to $1.294 trillion in September, the biggest gain since February. U.S. government securities lost 2.6 percent this year, according to the Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Bond Index. (BUSY)
Wait, I thought Mark said that was unpossible!
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