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 ...

WASHINGTON — Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren is filling a void for liberal but disillusioned Democrats who flocked to President Barack Obama in 2008. She’s attracting attention, money and help the liberal left isn’t yet eager to give to Obama. A longtime consumer advocate, the Harvard University professor has cast herself as a crusader against corporations and once said her work ...

A Senate committee on Wednesday took the first key step toward approval of a two-year transportation spending plan, and then pledged to find the money to pay for it and seek a long-term solution to the nation’s transportation funding deficit. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved a plan to spend almost $80 billion for surface transportation, creating the core legislation ...

Republican senators failed Tuesday in their third effort in less than two months to eliminate federal money for bike paths, walking trails and other transportation enhancement projects.