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General Motors Corp. emerged from bankruptcy court earlier this month as a leaner and more focused company, and American taxpayers woke up as the owners of 61 percent of this…
Readers of Sunday's papers got a double-dose of Senator Warner yesterday. The Washington Post and the Richmond Times-Dispatch each published op-eds written by the Senator in their Sunday editions.…
Over the past six months, President Obama and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner have worked tirelessly to rescue the U.S. economy from our nation's longest and deepest recession since the Great…
Senator Warner spoke on the Senate floor yesterday about bipartisan legislation he has introduced with Tennessee Senator Bob Corker that will maximize returns on taxpayer investments into institutions that have…
Senator Warner spoke on both Bloomberg TV and MSNBC's Morning Joe today about his idea to empower an independent council, rather than giving the additional responsibility to the Federal Reserve,…
Senator Warner took to the Senate floor today to express his concerns about plans for the Federal Reserve to regulate financial institutions considered "too big to fail."…
Senator Warner says he was not comfortable questioning the business decisions of executives from GM and Chrysler, who announced this week they plan to close more than 2,000 dealerships by…
Senator Warner says it appears the long-awaited results of the “stress tests” performed on leading U.S. banks are more positive than many had expected. The tests reportedly have concluded that…
During this morning’s Banking Committee hearing on how to regulate banks and other financial institutions considered “too big to fail,” Senator Warner asked Shelia Bair, chairman of the Federal Deposit…
Senator Warner introduced bipartisan legislation today that directs the Department of Treasury to more aggressively compile and disclose how the $700 billion in Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) funds have…