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GOP House members called upon the Labor Department to withdraw a proposed rule requiring employers to disclose information about union consultants.

{mosads}The State and Treasury departments stepped up efforts to target censorship in Iran.

The two-year-old Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) took its first enforcement action against a private company for abusive practices.

The oil-and-gas industry pushed back against proposed ozone standards.

Former Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker said there are too many financial regulatory agencies for an efficient rulemaking system.

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