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Congressional Quarterly Roll Call –

CQ Roll Call has an Executive Briefing series that covers Banking & Finance, Defense, Energy, Transportation, and Technology.  CQ Roll Call also offers legislative tracking and advocacy tools.  CQ Weekly and CQ Today cover the legislative process as well as the House … Continue reading

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Wall Street Regulations –

At a public forum on June 7th, Jamie Dimon questioned Bernanke about Wall Street regulators.  The amount of regulation came into question as well as the end result possibly being a slowdown of the U.S. economy. To read a related Bloomberg article, … Continue reading

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SEC Proposals For Credit Rating Agencies –

The Securities and Exchange Commission will propose regulations for credit rating agencies to promote transparency.  Credit rating agencies came under fire after granting AAA ratings to mortgage securities backed by subprime loans.  Proposals address the internal controls and disclosures by credit rating agencies.   To read … Continue reading

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Dodd-Frank And Credit Ratings –

Dodd-Frank financial regulations impact many areas of finance including credit ratings.  Implications of the Dodd-Frank regulations and proposals by the SEC are discussed in a recent article by Reuters. To read the Reuters article, please click here: http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/regulatory James Sutliff

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The Drudge Report –

The Drudge Report is a premier site that provides coverage of business, politics, and world events.  The Drudge Report has valuable links to sites and articles in an easy to read format.  To visit The Drudge Report, please click here: http://www.drudgereport.com/ James Sutliff

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Dodd-Frank Delay –

Senate hearings are heating up regarding the funding of the Dodd-Frank bill.  Major agencies are requesting funds to implement the bill and are facing resistance from Republicans and some Democrats.  Republicans have 47 Senators that are likely to be united … Continue reading

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Dodd-Frank Modifications –

The financial reform bill is likely to be changed significantly when Congress returns next year.  Republicans are expected to gain seats in the House and Senate and could gain control of both chambers.  Republicans will need 51 Senators to have control of the Senate … Continue reading

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Senate Passes Finance Bill –

The Senate passed the financial bill today with a 60-39 vote with three Republicans suppoting the measure.  Earlier in the day, the Senate voted 60-38 to end debate on the bill and move it to a final vote.  The financial … Continue reading

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Finance Bill Delayed –

The Finance Reform bill has been delayed until after the 4th of July recess.  This may cause further changes to the bill as swing votes consider all options.  There has already been the elimination of $19 billion in fees assessed … Continue reading

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Financial Reform Agreement –

The House and Senate The House and Senate conference reached an agreement earlier today on financial reform that dilutes the original bill.  This came as great news for the banking sector that was concerned about a number of provisions in … Continue reading

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Financial Reform Efforts –

Recently. there has been a great deal of attention on lobbying efforts related to the financial reform bill.  Closed door meetings are reported as playing a major role in attempts to change the legislation.  Televised conference hearings are one of the few … Continue reading

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Financial Reform Conferees –

Reuters has some background on the financial reform conference committee.  The committee has 12 Senators and 31 House member and a party breakdown weighted towards the Democrats.  The Senate portion has seven Democrats and five Republicans and the House contigency is … Continue reading

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Financial Regs & Market Plunge –

Senate Democrat Christopher Dodd is one of the major supporters of the Finacial Reform legislation.  He is also one of the Senators pointing to the stock market drop as an example of the need for the legislation.  There have been reports … Continue reading

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Senate Blocks Financial Bill –

The Senate blocked a measure to move the Financial Reform bill forward by a vote of 57-41.  The measure needed 60 votes to pass and came up shy by three votes.  Republican efforts to continue negotiations were successful but a bill is still … Continue reading

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Financial Reform Procedural Vote –

Senator Reid filed a procedural motion this afternoon which sets up a vote to proceed to the Financial Legislation on Monday.  The vote will take place Monday night at 5:15 p.m. and if approved will move the legislation to the … Continue reading

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