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Trump to Name Carl Icahn as Adviser on Regulatory Overhaul
Wall Street Journal ^
| 12/21/2016
| DAVID BENOIT
Posted on 12/21/2016 1:29:11 PM PST by RayofHope
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is expected to be named special adviser to the president on overhauling federal regulations, according to people familiar with the matter.
Mr. Icahn, who has spent the past four decades battling big companies as an activist investor, already has been wielding influence in President-elect Donald Trumps transition team. He is playing a central role in selecting the next chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the people said. Interested candidates have reached out to him, and he is interviewing others at the request of Mr. Trump, the people said.
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TOPICS: Campaign News; Issues
KEYWORDS: ichan; regulations; trump
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To: Don Corleone
This list would be interesting to see if the longtimers ever had a real job. https://ballotpedia.org/List_of_current_members_of_the_U.S._Congress
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posted on
12/21/2016 2:07:01 PM PST
by
sodpoodle
(Life is prickly - carry tweezers.)
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posted on
12/21/2016 2:07:55 PM PST
by
sodpoodle
(Life is prickly - carry tweezers.)
To: bigbob
He has turned around some big companies that where going bankrupt. Latest is CHK - Chesapeake Energy
You can access a biography directly from this list. Here is Harry Reid’s. He started in politics at age 30. How is he a millionaire?
Below is an abbreviated outline of Reid’s academic, professional and political career:[2]
1987-present: U.S. Senator from Nevada
1983-1987: U.S. House of Representatives
1977-1981: Chairman, Nevada Gaming Commission
1969-1970: Nevada State Assembly
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posted on
12/21/2016 2:19:50 PM PST
by
sodpoodle
(Life is prickly - carry tweezers.)
To: freedom1st
“Great appointment. The lefties heads are gonna really explode.”
They deserve it.
To: Responsibility2nd
That is not what Newt said. It was the term “draining the swamp” that Trump may not use. If fact Trump himself has said many times he did not like the term at first but had grown to like it.
To: RayofHope
Carl Icahn - GREAT CHOICE - another ‘win’...
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posted on
12/21/2016 2:29:02 PM PST
by
GOPJ
(Anyone remember New York Times CRYBULLIES calling for 'moderation' when Obama was elected '08?)
To: Responsibility2nd
“draining the swamp” by another name is just as sweet. (my thanks to the Bard of Avon)
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posted on
12/21/2016 3:09:44 PM PST
by
GreyFriar
(Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
To: Parley Baer
That is not what Newt said. It was the term “draining the swamp” that Trump may not use. If fact Trump himself has said many times he did not like the term at first but had grown to like it.
Don't pick nits. I said "For someone who is not interested in Draining the Swamp (as Newtie just alluded to) Trump is sure picking some non political - outside the Beltway types for his administration."
And that is in agreement with this....
Former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) said in a new interview that Donald Trump has taken a different tone as president-elect and may be leaving behind his campaign promise to “drain the swamp.” Gingrich told NPR's "Morning Edition" that he was told Trump “now says [the phrase] was cute, but he doesn’t want to use it anymore.” Gingrich, who has been a close adviser to Trump, said he likes "drain the swamp" because it “vividly illustrates the problem, because all people in this city who are the alligators are going to hate the swamp being drained.” “But, you know, he is...
To: RayofHope
Excellent!
Ichan is another no BS, just get ‘er done guy. He’ll mow down the liberal busybodies - and their nonsense in a hurry.
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posted on
12/21/2016 4:20:11 PM PST
by
Paulie
(America without Christ is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
To: Paulie
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posted on
12/21/2016 4:29:32 PM PST
by
Ciexyz
(After eight years of Obama, I can't afford to buy nothin'.)
To: Responsibility2nd
Did you ACTUALLY READ what Newt said?
Headline:
Gingrich: Trump doesn't want to 'drain the swamp' anymore
Quote: that he was told Trump now says
[the phrase] was cute,
but he doesnt want to use it anymore.
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posted on
12/21/2016 4:41:24 PM PST
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: Don Corleone
See the pattern here? Most of the appointees are wealthy enough to not be influenced by bribes from the lobbyist and special interest crowd that have controlled the District of Corruption for the past 50 years or more. Go TRUMP! See the pattern here??? Trumps appointees are people who are ACTUALLY SUCCESSFUL.
Not ideologues like Obamas
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posted on
12/21/2016 4:47:29 PM PST
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: sodpoodle
Insider trading and/or graft would be my guess.
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posted on
12/21/2016 5:05:43 PM PST
by
Trod Upon
(Government employees and welfare recipients are both net tax consumers. Often for life.)
To: Responsibility2nd
Gingrich was referring to the expression, not the process.
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posted on
12/21/2016 6:34:22 PM PST
by
Cobra64
(Common sense isn't common any more.)
To: Parley Baer; Responsibility2nd
Yup. Some folks have deficient listening skills.
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posted on
12/21/2016 6:38:12 PM PST
by
Cobra64
(Common sense isn't common any more.)
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