House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-MA) (C) talks with a group including Ranking Member Spencer Bachus (R-AL) (L) during a recess from a committee conference on Wall Street reform to hammer out sweeping changes in financial ...
Newsweek - 1 hour ago The too-big-to-fail monster lives: how the Dodd-Frank bill maintains the status quo. Sen. Chris Dodd (left) and Rep. Barney Frank stand amidst a group of negotiators at the House-Senate conference on financial overhaul, June 23. ... Senator Jack Reed, Democrat of Rhode Island, on Thursday during talks on reconciling the House and Senate financial bills. By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM WASHINGTON — Well before Congress reached agreement on the details of its financial overhaul legislation, ...
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In his weekly address on Saturday, Mr. Obama said, "I urge Congress to take us over the finish line, and send me a reform bill I can sign into law, so we can empower our people with consumer protections, and help prevent a financial crisis like this from ever happening again."
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Wall Street Journal - 15 hours ago The sweeping finance legislation negotiators wrapped up early Friday morning would constitute the biggest overhaul of US financial regulations since the 1930s. The legislation, broadly, is designed to close the regulatory gaps and end the speculative ... Wall Street Journal - 19 hours ago A summary of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, released Saturday by the House Financial Services Committee. The legislation is expected to come before Congress next week for a final vote. 1. Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform ...
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The Atlantic (blog) - Jun 26, 2010 As most of America slept Thursday night, a few dozen members of Congress, their army of aides, and a handful of reporters sat in a large wood-paneled room ... Some members of Congress are known for their great orations, others for their ability to draft ... It was a long night. But early Friday morning, House and Senate Democrats reached a compromise on legislation to revamp government ...
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Consumer advocates like the landmark overhaul bill, even if some don't think it goes far enough. Mark and Roberta Maxwell get personal service from ... OUR nation's Congressional machinery was humming last week as legislators reconciled the differences between the labyrinthine ... CBS News - Jun 26, 2010 President Obama plans to use the financial reform bill as an example for the rest of the world. But critics say the bill might stifle economic growth. ...
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U.S. News & World Report (blog) - Rick Newman - Jun 25, 2010 Sweeping new rules on banks are meant to protect consumers against greedy lenders and risky financial offerings. ... Federal News Service (subscription) - Jun 25, 2010 MS. MITCHELL: This is the perfect segue into the man of the hour, House Financial Services Chairman Congressman Barney Frank, who co-chaired last night's ... Heritage.org (blog) - Jun 25, 2010 A whopping 62 percent of Americans now say the United States is on the wrong track, yet President Barack Obama and liberals in Congress continue to steer ...
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