WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate scheduled a vote next week on legislation banning insider trading by members of Congress, a measure the White House described on Thursday as an important step in cleaning up Washington politics. quot;This bipartisan legislation will help limit the corrosive influence of money in politics and restoring the American people#39;s trust in Washington,quot; White House Press ...

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria#39;s Senate has said it wants to adopt a $75 per barrel oil price benchmark in the 2012 budget, up from the $70 proposed by the finance ministry, which would give the government more money to spend and leave less for savings. Nigeria saves money into an Excess Crude Account (ECA) over the benchmark price in its budget to cushion Africa#39;s second largest economy against ...

BOSTON - Massachusetts U.S. Senate hopefuls are making their final fundraising pitches before the end of the year.

Democrat Elizabeth Warren keeps targeting Wall Street's money-driven culture as she runs against Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.), a big recipient of campaign contributions from the financial industry. The race is for a U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts, but it's really a referendum on Wall Street.

(Reuters) - The following comments were made on Tuesday at a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing to examine the bankruptcy of futures brokerage MF Global. It is the second hearing to feature former MF Global Chief Executive Jon Corzine, who has said he does not know what happened to hundreds of millions of dollars in missing customer money. Tuesday's hearing is also hearing from farmers who ...