In This Issue:

Leading the Past Week; Legislative Branch; Executive Branch; International; and Upcoming Hearings.

Excerpt from Leading the Past Week -

And the beat goes on… Another week with the White House dealing with another issue, this time news that the national security apparatus is collecting and combing through telephone record metadata. The widespread revelation about a data mining program that would make any hedge fund quant jealous drowned out more positive news of the week, including that the U.S. recovery continues its sluggish, yet positive pace with 175,000 jobs added in May.