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term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation"></category><category term="U.S. Federal Reserve"></category><category term="George Mason University"></category><category term="Financial Rescue Plans"></category><category term="Nicholls State University"></category><category term="Office of the Comptroller of the Currency"></category><category term="University of New Orleans"></category><category term="Bill Marriott"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Consumer Financial Protection Agency"></category><category term="Financial Stability Oversight Council"></category><category term="Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act"></category><category term="Norbert Michel"></category></entry><entry><title>Dodd-Frank Bill: A New Layer Of&amp;nbsp;Bureaucracy</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-rescue-plans/doddfrank-bill-new-layer-ofnbspbureaucracy-3624792a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-02T14:46:29Z</updated><author><name>Basil &amp; Spice</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-11-02:/financial-rescue-plans/doddfrank-bill-new-layer-ofnbspbureaucracy-3624792a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Economies"></category><category term="U.S. Economy"></category><category term="Economic Issues"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="Public Finance"></category><category term="Economic Crisis"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation"></category><category term="U.S. Federal Reserve"></category><category term="George Mason University"></category><category term="Financial Rescue Plans"></category><category term="Nicholls State University"></category><category term="Office of the Comptroller of the Currency"></category><category term="University of New Orleans"></category><category term="Bill Marriott"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Consumer Financial Protection Agency"></category><category term="Financial Stability Oversight Council"></category><category term="Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act"></category><category term="Norbert Michel"></category></entry><entry><title>Senate drops plan to take small banks from Fed</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/senate-drops-plan-small-banks-fed-931429a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-26T03:53:51Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Politics News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-26:/financial-regulatory-policy/senate-drops-plan-small-banks-fed-931429a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - The &lt;a title="U.S. Senate" href="/topic/U.S.+Senate" &gt;U.S. Senate&lt;/a&gt; on Wednesday approved an amendment to a sweeping &lt;a title="Wall Street" href="/topic/Wall+Street" &gt;Wall Street&lt;/a&gt; reform bill that would preserve the &lt;a title="U.S. Federal Reserve" href="/topic/U.S.+Federal+Reserve" &gt;Federal Reserve&lt;/a&gt;'s supervision of thousands of smaller banks, reversing an earlier plan.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The 90-to-9 vote...</summary><category term="Economies"></category><category term="U.S. Economy"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Public Finance"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="Banking Services"></category><category term="Central Banking"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs"></category><category term="U.S. Senate"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="Wall Street"></category><category term="Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation"></category><category term="U.S. Federal Reserve"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Kay Bailey Hutchison"></category><category term="Amy Klobuchar"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Kevin Drawbaugh"></category></entry><entry><title>U.S. market plunge, Greece show need for regulation: Dodd</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/market-plunge-greece-show-regulation-dodd-928571a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-26T03:51:37Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Business News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-26:/financial-regulatory-policy/market-plunge-greece-show-regulation-dodd-928571a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - The &lt;a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" &gt;U.S.&lt;/a&gt; stock market plunge last week and &lt;a title="Greece" href="/topic/Greece" &gt;Greece&lt;/a&gt;'s debt problems raised systemic risk issues and underscored the need for financial regulatory overhaul, Senate banking chairman &lt;a title="Christopher Dodd" href="/topic/Christopher+Dodd" &gt;Chris Dodd&lt;/a&gt; said on Sunday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"We need some answers pret...</summary><category term="Entertainment"></category><category term="Media"></category><category term="Television"></category><category term="Talk 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term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Conservative Politics"></category></entry><entry><title>Debate Begins on Senate Financial Reform Bill</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/debate-begins-senate-financial-reform-bill-3442707a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-27T08:15:09Z</updated><author><name>IT Business Edge</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-10-27:/financial-regulatory-policy/debate-begins-senate-financial-reform-bill-3442707a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Financial Markets"></category><category term="Economic Issues"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Economic Crisis"></category><category term="United 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Markets"></category><category term="Economic Issues"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Investment Services"></category><category term="Securities Services"></category><category term="Economic Crisis"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="The Wall Street Journal"></category><category term="Derivatives Markets"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Sarbanes-Oxley Act"></category><category term="Securities Exchange Operators"></category><category term="The Great Depression"></category><category term="James Demint"></category></entry><entry><title>Top Senate Democrats near derivatives deal: sources</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/economic-policy/top-senate-democrats-derivatives-deal-sources-915746a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-13T15:17:16Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Top News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-10-13:/economic-policy/top-senate-democrats-derivatives-deal-sources-915746a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - The two Democratic Senators charged with writing rules for the $450 trillion private swaps market are near a deal, and will include a provision to require banks to spin off swaps desks, people familiar with the talks said on Sunday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;One source said the &lt;a title="U.S. Department of the Treasury" href="/topic/U.S.+Department+of+the+Treasury" &gt;U.S. Treasury Department&lt;/a&gt; is raising concerns over ...</summary><category term="Financial Markets"></category><category 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Group Inc."></category><category term="Commodity Futures Trading Commission"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="U.S. Democratic Party"></category><category term="Chuck Grassley"></category><category term="Olympia Snowe"></category><category term="Derivatives Markets"></category><category term="Blanche Lincoln"></category><category term="Bingham McCutchen LLP"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Charles Abbott"></category><category term="Kevin Drawbaugh"></category><category term="Rachelle Younglai"></category><category term="Roberta Rampton"></category><category term="JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co."></category><category term="Geoffrey Aronow"></category></entry><entry><title>Grading the Financial Regulatory Reform Bill</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/grading-financial-regulatory-reform-bill-3371060a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-27T06:30:58Z</updated><author><name>SeekingAlpha</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-10-27:/financial-regulatory-policy/grading-financial-regulatory-reform-bill-3371060a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Financial Markets"></category><category term="Options and Futures Markets"></category><category term="Economies"></category><category term="U.S. Economy"></category><category term="Economic Issues"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Parties"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="Banking Services"></category><category term="Insurance Industry"></category><category term="Insurance Carriers"></category><category term="Investment Services"></category><category term="Securities Services"></category><category term="Investment Banking"></category><category term="Economic Crisis"></category><category term="The White House"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs"></category><category term="Wall Street"></category><category term="Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation"></category><category term="Bank of America Corporation"></category><category term="U.S. Federal Reserve"></category><category term="Goldman Sachs Group Inc."></category><category term="Lehman Brothers Inc."></category><category term="Morgan Stanley"></category><category term="Citigroup Inc."></category><category term="American International Group Inc."></category><category term="Commodity Futures Trading Commission"></category><category term="Moody's Corporation"></category><category term="William Shakespeare"></category><category term="U.S. Democratic Party"></category><category term="Wells Fargo &amp; Company"></category><category term="Financial Rescue Plans"></category><category term="Ted Kaufman"></category><category term="Derivatives Markets"></category><category term="Blanche Lincoln"></category><category term="Sherrod Brown"></category><category term="Simon Johnson"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="James Kwak"></category><category term="RATINGS AGENCY"></category><category term="Resolution Authority"></category><category term="JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co."></category><category term="U.S. Conservative Politics"></category></entry><entry><title>Top GOP senator, White House clash on financial reform</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/top-gop-senator-white-house-clash-financial-reform-902469a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-26T03:33:06Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Top News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-26:/financial-regulatory-policy/top-gop-senator-white-house-clash-financial-reform-902469a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - &lt;a title="The White House" href="/topic/The+White+House" &gt;The White House&lt;/a&gt; said "yes we can" on financial regulatory reform on Tuesday, while the top Republican in the &lt;a title="U.S. Senate" href="/topic/U.S.+Senate" &gt;U.S. Senate&lt;/a&gt; said "no we won't."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A bare-knuckles fight is coming in days ahead as the &lt;a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" &gt;Obama administration&lt;/a&gt; and congre...</summary><category term="Financial Markets"></category><category term="Economic Issues"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Parties"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="Economic Crisis"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="The White House"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Senate"></category><category term="Harry Reid"></category><category term="Mitch McConnell"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="Wall Street"></category><category term="U.S. House of Representatives"></category><category term="Bear, Stearns &amp; Co. Inc."></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Washington Mutual Inc."></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="U.S. Democratic Party"></category><category term="Financial Rescue Plans"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Dick Durbin"></category><category term="Carl Levin"></category><category term="Kerry Killinger"></category><category term="Amy Brundage"></category><category term="Timothy Geither"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Glenn Somerville"></category><category term="Caren Bohan"></category><category term="Emily Kaiser"></category><category term="Rachelle Younglai"></category><category term="Alister Bull"></category><category term="Asset-Price Bubbles"></category><category term="JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co."></category><category term="U.S. Liberal Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Conservative Politics"></category></entry><entry><title>Senate Financial Reform Bill Survives Committee</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/senate-financial-reform-bill-survives-committee-3183963a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-25T13:04:49Z</updated><author><name>IT Business Edge</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-10-25:/financial-regulatory-policy/senate-financial-reform-bill-survives-committee-3183963a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Media"></category><category term="Small Business"></category><category term="Law"></category><category term="Corporate Law"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Parties"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Technology"></category><category term="Internet"></category><category term="Blogs and Blogging"></category><category term="Accounting and Payroll Services"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="U.S. House of Representatives"></category><category term="Jim DeMint"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Sarbanes-Oxley Act"></category><category term="U.S. Conservative Politics"></category><category term="Restoring American Financial Stability Act"></category><category term="Melissa Klein Aguilar"></category></entry><entry><title>"Too big to fail" in crosshairs of reform debate</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/big-fail-crosshairs-reform-debate-894378a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-26T03:29:09Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Business News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-26:/financial-regulatory-policy/big-fail-crosshairs-reform-debate-894378a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - A Democratic lawmaker and top bank regulator on Monday defended legislative efforts that they say would end the perception that some firms are "too big to fail," challenging Republican complaints about the financial reform bills.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The defense of the financial regulation overhaul moving through Congress comes as lawmakers are in the middle of a two-week recess. When they return next week, financi...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="The White House"></category><category term="U.S. House Committee on Financial Services"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation"></category><category term="U.S. House of Representatives"></category><category term="Lehman Brothers Inc."></category><category term="Paul Kanjorski"></category><category term="American International Group Inc."></category><category term="The Wall Street Journal"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="U.S. Democratic Party"></category><category term="Richard Shelby"></category><category term="CNBC Inc."></category><category term="Financial Rescue Plans"></category><category term="Sheila Bair"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Karey Wutkowski"></category></entry><entry><title>Geithner sees Republican support on financial reform bill</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/geithner-sees-republican-support-financial-reform-bill-892545a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-26T03:28:27Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Business News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-26:/financial-regulatory-policy/geithner-sees-republican-support-financial-reform-bill-892545a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - &lt;a title="Timothy Geithner" href="/topic/Timothy+Geithner" &gt;Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner&lt;/a&gt; said Friday he believed the Senate was "very close" to a financial reform bill that protects consumers and limits financial company risk taking that will win Republican supporters.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"We're very close on the substance," Geithner told Bloomberg Television in a live interview.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"I think that if ...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="U.S. House of Representatives"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="Timothy Geithner"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="David Lawder"></category></entry><entry><title>Sen Dodd urges financial reform ahead of recess</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/sen-dodd-urges-financial-reform-recess-886599a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-26T03:24:10Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Politics News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-26:/financial-regulatory-policy/sen-dodd-urges-financial-reform-recess-886599a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - &lt;a title="Christopher Dodd" href="/topic/Christopher+Dodd" &gt;Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd&lt;/a&gt; said on Friday that Congress "must not fail" to reform financial regulation and defended a bill approved this week by his committee.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;With the Senate about to adjourn for a two-week recess, Dodd, a Democrat, appealed on the Senate floor to colleagues to go home and listen not only t...</summary><category term="Financial Markets"></category><category term="Economic Issues"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="Economic Crisis"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Senate"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="Wall Street"></category><category term="Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation"></category><category term="U.S. House of Representatives"></category><category term="U.S. Federal Reserve"></category><category term="Bear, Stearns &amp; Co. Inc."></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="Richard Shelby"></category><category term="Timothy Geithner"></category><category term="Financial Rescue Plans"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Derivatives Markets"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category></entry><entry><title>Democrats aim at GOP split on financial reform</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/democrats-aim-gop-split-financial-reform-885890a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-26T03:23:24Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Politics News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-26:/financial-regulatory-policy/democrats-aim-gop-split-financial-reform-885890a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - Democratic lawmakers dug in again on Thursday to break off just enough support from &lt;a title="U.S. Republican Party" href="/topic/U.S.+Republican+Party" &gt;Republicans&lt;/a&gt; to keep an overhaul of the &lt;a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" &gt;U.S.&lt;/a&gt; financial system moving in the Senate.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The bill crafted by &lt;a title="Christopher Dodd" href="/topic/Christopher+Dodd" &gt;Senator Christophe...</summary><category term="Financial Markets"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs"></category><category term="Nancy Pelosi"></category><category term="Wall Street"></category><category term="Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation"></category><category term="U.S. Federal Reserve"></category><category term="Capitol Hill"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="U.S. Democratic Party"></category><category term="Richard Shelby"></category><category term="Timothy Geithner"></category><category term="Financial Rescue Plans"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Karey Wutkowski"></category><category term="Thomas Ferraro"></category><category term="Easter"></category></entry><entry><title>Regulatory Reform Goes to the Full Senate</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/regulatory-reform-full-senate-3145723a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-25T11:24:17Z</updated><author><name>SeekingAlpha</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-10-25:/financial-regulatory-policy/regulatory-reform-full-senate-3145723a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Parties"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Democratic Party"></category><category term="Richard Shelby"></category><category term="Timothy Geithner"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Bob Corker"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Conservative Politics"></category><category term="Daniel Indiviglio"></category></entry><entry><title>Senate panel backs financial reform bill</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/senate-panel-backs-financial-reform-bill-882270a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-26T03:19:27Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Top News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-26:/financial-regulatory-policy/senate-panel-backs-financial-reform-bill-882270a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - The &lt;a title="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs" href="/topic/U.S.+Senate+Committee+on+Banking%2c+Housing%2c+and+Urban+Affairs" &gt;U.S. Senate Banking Committee&lt;/a&gt; on Monday, approved landmark financial regulatory reform legislation, pushing the fight over the issue to the full Senate in April.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The committee voted 13-10 along party lines to pass a 1,336-page bill, whic...</summary><category term="Economic Issues"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="Economic Crisis"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="The White House"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="Wall Street"></category><category term="U.S. House of Representatives"></category><category term="Bear, Stearns &amp; Co. Inc."></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="U.S. Democratic Party"></category><category term="Richard Shelby"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Judd Gregg"></category><category term="Bob Corker"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="David Lawder"></category><category term="Karey Wutkowski"></category><category term="Caren Bohan"></category><category term="The Great Depression"></category></entry><entry><title>Obama allies target bank reform after health care win</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/obama-allies-target-bank-reform-health-care-win-882356a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-03-22T16:15:39Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-03-22:/financial-regulatory-policy/obama-allies-target-bank-reform-health-care-win-882356a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Fresh from a landmark victory with Congress passing health care reform, the &lt;a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" &gt;Obama administration&lt;/a&gt; set its sights Monday on sweeping reforms of &lt;a title="Wall Street" href="/topic/Wall+Street" &gt;Wall Street&lt;/a&gt;'s "too-big-to-fail" banks.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Timothy Geithner" href="/topic/Timothy+Geithner" &gt;Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner&lt;/a&gt; urged lawmakers to engage in the "just war" of reforming the banking sector, as a key Senate co...</summary><category term="Financial Markets"></category><category term="Economies"></category><category term="U.S. Economy"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="Social Policy"></category><category term="Health Care Policy"></category><category term="Think Tanks"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Health Care Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="Wall Street"></category><category term="U.S. Federal Reserve"></category><category term="The Brookings Institution"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="U.S. Democratic Party"></category><category term="ABC Inc."></category><category term="Timothy Geithner"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research"></category><category term="Bob Corker"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Douglas Elliot"></category><category term="Health Care Reform"></category></entry><entry><title>Geithner says bank overhaul must protect consumers</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/geithner-bank-overhaul-protect-consumers-881829a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-03-22T16:00:49Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-03-22:/financial-regulatory-policy/geithner-bank-overhaul-protect-consumers-881829a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Geithner says financial overhaul bill must protect consumers and limit banks' risk taking&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Timothy Geithner" href="/topic/Timothy+Geithner" &gt;Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner&lt;/a&gt; said Monday the administration will not accept a financial overhaul bill that does not provide strong consumer protection and restraints on risk-taking by large banks.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Geithner urged lawmakers to listen to the families and businesses that were harmed by the financial cris...</summary><category term="Personal Finance"></category><category term="Consumer Credit and Debt"></category><category term="Home Financing"></category><category term="Economic Issues"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="Credit Services and Intermediation"></category><category term="Mortgage Banking and Services"></category><category term="Economic Crisis"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Fannie Mae"></category><category term="Freddie Mac Holdings"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs"></category><category term="Timothy Geithner"></category><category term="American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category></entry><entry><title>Senate panel plans financial reform vote Monday</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/senate-panel-plans-financial-reform-vote-monday-881461a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-26T03:18:52Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Top News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-26:/financial-regulatory-policy/senate-panel-plans-financial-reform-vote-monday-881461a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - The &lt;a title="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs" href="/topic/U.S.+Senate+Committee+on+Banking%2c+Housing%2c+and+Urban+Affairs" &gt;U.S. Senate Banking Committee&lt;/a&gt; was on track on Monday to approve landmark financial regulatory reform legislation, pushing a fight over the issue to the full Senate in April.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A committee vote would be the Senate's biggest step yet toward ...</summary><category term="Economic Issues"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="Economic Crisis"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation"></category><category term="U.S. House of Representatives"></category><category term="Bear, Stearns &amp; Co. Inc."></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="U.S. Democratic Party"></category><category term="CNBC Inc."></category><category term="Timothy Geithner"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Bob Corker"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="David Lawder"></category><category term="Karey Wutkowski"></category><category term="Financial Stability Oversight Council"></category><category term="MOVE SENATE"></category></entry><entry><title>Bernanke: Too big to fail a "pernicious" problem</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/bernanke-big-fail-pernicious-problem-880309a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-26T03:18:21Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Business News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-26:/financial-regulatory-policy/bernanke-big-fail-pernicious-problem-880309a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Orlando (Florida)" href="/topic/Orlando+(Florida)" &gt;Orlando, Florida&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - Regulators must be "significantly tougher" on large and complex financial firms to limit wider risks, but big firms are still needed to keep the global economy humming, &lt;a title="Ben Bernanke" href="/topic/Ben+Bernanke" &gt;Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke&lt;/a&gt; said on Saturday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bernanke told an &lt;a title="Independent Commu...</summary><category term="Economies"></category><category term="U.S. Economy"></category><category term="Economic Issues"></category><category term="Globalization"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Public Finance"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="Banking Services"></category><category term="Central Banking"></category><category term="Economic Crisis"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Federal Reserve"></category><category term="American International Group Inc."></category><category term="Ben Bernanke"></category><category term="Orlando (Florida)"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Financial Rescue Plans"></category><category term="Independent Community Bankers of America"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="World Economy"></category></entry><entry><title>Bair says Senate bill must be tweaked</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-rescue-plans/bair-senate-bill-tweaked-879769a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-26T03:15:47Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-26:/financial-rescue-plans/bair-senate-bill-tweaked-879769a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation" href="/topic/Federal+Deposit+Insurance+Corporation" &gt;FDIC&lt;/a&gt; chairman says loopholes must be filled in Senate overhaul bill to end 'too-big-to-fail'&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;A key senator has agreed with the head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to change new Senate legislation to ensure an end to the "too-big-to-fail" approach that brought the government rushing in to bail out big banks in the financial crisis.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;FDIC &lt;a title="...</summary><category term="Financial Markets"></category><category term="Economies"></category><category term="U.S. Economy"></category><category term="Economic Issues"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Public Finance"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="Banking Services"></category><category term="Regional Banks and Savings Institutions"></category><category term="Central Banking"></category><category term="Economic Crisis"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs"></category><category term="U.S. Department of the Treasury"></category><category term="Wall Street"></category><category term="Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation"></category><category term="U.S. Federal Reserve"></category><category term="Ben Bernanke"></category><category term="Orlando (Florida)"></category><category term="Financial Rescue Plans"></category><category term="Jack Reed"></category><category term="Sheila Bair"></category><category term="Jim Kuhnhenn"></category><category term="Judd Gregg"></category><category term="Independent Community Bankers of America"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Financial Stability Oversight Council"></category></entry><entry><title>Senators can't agree on OTC derivatives rules</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/senators-agree-otc-derivatives-rules-879774a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-26T03:15:28Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Politics News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-26:/financial-regulatory-policy/senators-agree-otc-derivatives-rules-879774a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - &lt;a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" &gt;U.S.&lt;/a&gt; senators charged with crafting rules to regulate the $450 trillion over-the-counter derivatives market have failed to reach an agreement, &lt;a title="Jack Reed" href="/topic/Jack+Reed" &gt;Democratic Senator Jack Reed&lt;/a&gt; said on Friday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Reed and &lt;a title="Judd Gregg" href="/topic/Judd+Gregg" &gt;Republican Senator Judd Gregg&lt;/a&gt; had been t...</summary><category term="Financial Markets"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="The White House"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs"></category><category term="Barney Frank"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="U.S. House of Representatives"></category><category term="U.S. Federal Reserve"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="U.S. Democratic Party"></category><category term="CNBC Inc."></category><category term="Jack Reed"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Judd Gregg"></category><category term="Derivatives Markets"></category><category term="Andrew Hay"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Kevin Drawbaugh"></category><category term="Rachelle Younglai"></category><category term="Bipartisanship"></category></entry><entry><title>The Volcker Rule Explained</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/volcker-rule-explained-3150504a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-25T11:32:34Z</updated><author><name>SmartMoney</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-10-25:/financial-regulatory-policy/volcker-rule-explained-3150504a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Economic Issues"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Economic Crisis"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="Connecticut"></category><category term="New York University"></category><category term="SmartMoney Magazine"></category><category term="Richard Sylla"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Financial Stability Oversight Council"></category></entry><entry><title>Financial Regulation: Approaching the Notion of Resolution With Resolve</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-rescue-plans/financial-regulation-approaching-notion-resolution-resolve-3144960a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-25T11:23:36Z</updated><author><name>SeekingAlpha</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-10-25:/financial-rescue-plans/financial-regulation-approaching-notion-resolution-resolve-3144960a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Economic Issues"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="Banking Services"></category><category term="Regional Banks and Savings Institutions"></category><category term="Economic Crisis"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation"></category><category term="Lehman Brothers Inc."></category><category term="United Kingdom"></category><category term="American International Group Inc."></category><category term="Western Europe"></category><category term="Washington Mutual Inc."></category><category term="Financial Rescue Plans"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co."></category></entry><entry><title>Will Senators Dodd and Kaufman Deliver the Regulatory Reform We're Waiting For?</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/senators-dodd-kaufman-deliver-regulatory-reform-waiting-3144690a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-25T11:23:22Z</updated><author><name>SeekingAlpha</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-10-25:/financial-regulatory-policy/senators-dodd-kaufman-deliver-regulatory-reform-waiting-3144690a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs"></category><category term="Ted Kaufman"></category><category term="Simon Johnson"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Bipartisanship"></category></entry><entry><title>Fresh push for Obama's Wall Street reforms</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/fresh-push-obamas-wall-street-reforms-875092a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-03-15T20:16:04Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-03-15:/financial-regulatory-policy/fresh-push-obamas-wall-street-reforms-875092a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" &gt;President Barack Obama&lt;/a&gt;'s stuttering bid to rein in &lt;a title="Wall Street" href="/topic/Wall+Street" &gt;Wall Street&lt;/a&gt; was boosted, as a key Senate ally unveiled a reform described as the most sweeping in 80 years.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs" href="/topic/U.S.+Senate+Committee+on+Banking%2c+Housing%2c+and+Urban+Affairs" &gt;Senate Banking Committee&lt;/a&gt; chairman &lt;a title="Christopher Dodd"...</summary><category term="Financial Markets"></category><category term="Economic Issues"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Banking Services"></category><category term="Credit Unions"></category><category term="Economic Crisis"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Wall Street"></category><category term="Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation"></category><category term="U.S. Federal Reserve"></category><category term="Bear, Stearns &amp; Co. Inc."></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="U.S. Chamber of Commerce"></category><category term="U.S. Democratic Party"></category><category term="National Credit Union Administration"></category><category term="Financial Rescue Plans"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Office of Thrift Supervision"></category><category term="Office of the Comptroller of the Currency"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category></entry><entry><title>Sen Dodd boosts Fed in new financial reforms</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/sen-dodd-boosts-fed-new-financial-reforms-873533a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-09-22T13:55:30Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Politics News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-09-22:/financial-regulatory-policy/sen-dodd-boosts-fed-new-financial-reforms-873533a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - The &lt;a title="U.S. Federal Reserve" href="/topic/U.S.+Federal+Reserve" &gt;Federal Reserve&lt;/a&gt; would take on a greatly expanded role in financial regulation under new legislation unveiled on Monday by a top Senate Democrat, in a push to move ahead with the regulatory reform that has been a top priority of &lt;a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" &gt;President Barack Obama&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The bill by &lt;...</summary><category term="Consumer Protection"></category><category term="Stock Prices"></category><category term="Economies"></category><category term="U.S. Economy"></category><category term="Private Equity"></category><category term="Economic Issues"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Public Finance"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="Banking Services"></category><category term="Central Banking"></category><category term="Economic Crisis"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="The White House"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="New York"></category><category term="Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation"></category><category term="U.S. Federal Reserve"></category><category term="American International Group Inc."></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="U.S. Democratic Party"></category><category term="Richard Shelby"></category><category term="Paul Volcker"></category><category term="CNBC Inc."></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Jaret Seiberg"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Karey Wutkowski"></category><category term="Caren Bohan"></category><category term="Jeff Mason"></category><category term="Joe Rauch"></category></entry><entry><title>Fresh push for Obama bank reforms</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/fresh-push-obama-bank-reforms-874693a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-03-15T13:17:04Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-03-15:/financial-regulatory-policy/fresh-push-obama-bank-reforms-874693a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" &gt;President Barack Obama&lt;/a&gt;'s stuttering bid to rein in the largest &lt;a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" &gt;US&lt;/a&gt; banks got a shot in the arm Monday, as a key Senate ally unveiled a reform package described as the most sweeping in 80 years.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Senate banking committee chairman &lt;a title="Christopher Dodd" href="/topic/Christopher+Dodd" &gt;Christopher Dodd&lt;/a&gt; outlined plans to regulate the massive US banking sector, warni...</summary><category term="Consumer Protection"></category><category term="Economies"></category><category term="U.S. Economy"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Banking Services"></category><category term="Credit Unions"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation"></category><category term="U.S. Federal Reserve"></category><category term="Bear, Stearns &amp; Co. Inc."></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="National Credit Union Administration"></category><category term="Financial Rescue Plans"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Office of Thrift Supervision"></category><category term="Financial Services Roundtable"></category><category term="Office of the Comptroller of the Currency"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category></entry><entry><title>Obama pledges to push for robust financial reform</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/obama-pledges-push-robust-financial-reform-874640a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-26T03:10:06Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Politics News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-26:/financial-regulatory-policy/obama-pledges-push-robust-financial-reform-874640a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - &lt;a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" &gt;U.S. President Barack Obama&lt;/a&gt; on Monday welcomed the legislation for sweeping overhaul of the financial system unveiled by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd and promised to fight any efforts to water it down.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"This proposal provides a strong foundation to build a safer financial system," Obama said in a statement.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The ...</summary><category term="Economies"></category><category term="U.S. Economy"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Federal Reserve"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Caren Bohan"></category></entry><entry><title>Dodd's Departure</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/dodds-departure-3147181a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-25T11:25:51Z</updated><author><name>Forbes</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-10-25:/financial-regulatory-policy/dodds-departure-3147181a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Company Activities and Information"></category><category term="Corporate Governance"></category><category term="Financial Markets"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="Credit Services and Intermediation"></category><category term="Mortgage Banking and Services"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="Wall Street"></category><category term="U.S. House of Representatives"></category><category term="Bank of America Corporation"></category><category term="Bear, Stearns &amp; Co. Inc."></category><category term="Goldman Sachs Group Inc."></category><category term="Connecticut"></category><category term="Citigroup Inc."></category><category term="American International Group Inc."></category><category term="Capitol Hill"></category><category term="Wells Fargo &amp; Company"></category><category term="Allstate Corporation"></category><category term="Countrywide Financial Corporation"></category><category term="Financial Rescue Plans"></category><category term="Jack Reed"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Tim Johnson (Politician)"></category><category term="Charles Schumer"></category><category term="Center for Responsive Politics"></category><category term="Financial Services Roundtable"></category><category term="Scott Talbott"></category><category term="Evan Bayh"></category><category term="SAC Capital Advisors LLC"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Consumer Financial Protection Agency"></category><category term="Election Day"></category></entry><entry><title>Dodd's Quarterback Sneak</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/dodds-quarterback-sneak-3147060a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-25T11:25:45Z</updated><author><name>Forbes</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-10-25:/financial-regulatory-policy/dodds-quarterback-sneak-3147060a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Financial Markets"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="U.S. House of Representatives"></category><category term="U.S. Federal Reserve"></category><category term="U.S. Democratic Party"></category><category term="Richard Shelby"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Bob Corker"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Asset-Price Bubbles"></category></entry><entry><title>Geithner still optimistic on financial reform</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/economic-policy/geithner-optimistic-financial-reform-871554a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-26T03:08:21Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Politics News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-26:/economic-policy/geithner-optimistic-financial-reform-871554a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - A day after &lt;a title="U.S. Senate" href="/topic/U.S.+Senate" &gt;U.S. Senate&lt;/a&gt; bipartisan talks on financial reform collapsed, &lt;a title="Timothy Geithner" href="/topic/Timothy+Geithner" &gt;Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner&lt;/a&gt; sought to revive hope that Congress can still complete a bill to overhaul financial rules.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It is in the U.S. domestic interest to make the financial system more stable and...</summary><category term="Economic Issues"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Asia-Pacific Politics"></category><category term="Chinese Politics"></category><category term="Public Finance"></category><category term="Recessions and Depressions"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="Economic Crisis"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Senate"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="China"></category><category term="U.S. Department of the Treasury"></category><category term="Asia"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="East Asia"></category><category term="Timothy Geithner"></category><category term="Bob Corker"></category><category term="Doug Palmer"></category><category term="U.S. Export-Import Bank"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Glenn Somerville"></category></entry><entry><title>Geithner will work with Dodd on financial reform</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/economic-policy/geithner-work-dodd-financial-reform-870153a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-26T03:07:13Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Politics News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-26:/economic-policy/geithner-work-dodd-financial-reform-870153a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - &lt;a title="Timothy Geithner" href="/topic/Timothy+Geithner" &gt;Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner&lt;/a&gt; on Thursday praised &lt;a title="Christopher Dodd" href="/topic/Christopher+Dodd" &gt;Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd&lt;/a&gt; for his work on financial reform and pledged to work with him on a bid to overhaul banking rules.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Geithner issued a statement not long after Dodd confirmed that a...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Timothy Geithner"></category><category term="Financial Rescue Plans"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Glenn Somerville"></category></entry><entry><title>Reforming the Financial Reform Process</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/reforming-financial-reform-process-3141084a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-25T09:52:39Z</updated><author><name>SeekingAlpha</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-10-25:/financial-regulatory-policy/reforming-financial-reform-process-3141084a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Consumer Protection"></category><category term="Economies"></category><category term="U.S. Economy"></category><category term="Economic Issues"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Public Finance"></category><category term="Central Banking"></category><category term="Economic Crisis"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="Wall Street"></category><category term="U.S. Federal Reserve"></category><category term="Citigroup Inc."></category><category term="American International Group Inc."></category><category term="Richard Shelby"></category><category term="Financial Rescue Plans"></category><category term="Bob Corker"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Consumer Financial Protection Agency"></category><category term="Consumer Advisory Council"></category></entry><entry><title>Fed recovers, gets new look as financial regulator</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/fed-recovers-new-financial-regulator-869070a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-03-10T17:15:27Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-03-10:/financial-regulatory-policy/fed-recovers-new-financial-regulator-869070a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Once struggling &lt;a title="U.S. Federal Reserve" href="/topic/U.S.+Federal+Reserve" &gt;Federal Reserve&lt;/a&gt; gets a new look as regulator of largest, riskiest firms&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Federal Reserve, still dusting itself off from a fight that threatened to trim its powers, could emerge from a congressional overhaul of banking rules as the top cop over the nation's largest financial institutions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Senate negotiators are considering giving the Fed the authority to supervise nonba...</summary><category term="Consumer Protection"></category><category term="Financial Markets"></category><category term="Economies"></category><category term="U.S. Economy"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="Public Finance"></category><category term="Banking Services"></category><category term="Central Banking"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="The White House"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="New York"></category><category term="Wall Street"></category><category term="U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission"></category><category term="U.S. Federal Reserve"></category><category term="Princeton University"></category><category term="Bear, Stearns &amp; Co. Inc."></category><category term="Lehman Brothers Inc."></category><category term="Federal Reserve Bank of New York"></category><category term="American International Group Inc."></category><category term="Tennessee"></category><category term="Ben Bernanke"></category><category term="Timothy Geithner"></category><category term="Bob Corker"></category><category term="Alan Blinder"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category></entry><entry><title>Broker-Dealers May Get Fiduciary Halo</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/brokerdealers-fiduciary-halo-3418621a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-27T07:42:13Z</updated><author><name>Barron's</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-10-27:/financial-regulatory-policy/brokerdealers-fiduciary-halo-3418621a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Personal Finance"></category><category term="Consumer Credit and Debt"></category><category term="Subprime Lending"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="Credit Services and Intermediation"></category><category term="Secondary Market Financing"></category><category term="Insurance Industry"></category><category term="Insurance Carriers"></category><category term="Investment Services"></category><category term="Securities Services"></category><category term="Investment Brokerages"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="Philadelphia"></category><category term="Connecticut"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Burt Greenwald"></category></entry><entry><title>Dodd: Watchdog must make rules, enforce them</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/dodd-watchdog-rules-enforce-863471a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-12T15:48:15Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Politics News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-12:/financial-regulatory-policy/dodd-watchdog-rules-enforce-863471a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - &lt;a title="Christopher Dodd" href="/topic/Christopher+Dodd" &gt;Senator Christopher Dodd&lt;/a&gt;, chief negotiator for the &lt;a title="U.S. Democratic Party" href="/topic/U.S.+Democratic+Party" &gt;Democrats&lt;/a&gt; in talks on a bipartisan financial reform bill in the Senate, on Thursday called for creating a new government "office" with the power to craft and enforce rules to protect consumers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In a statement...</summary><category term="Consumer Protection"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="Bank of America Corporation"></category><category term="U.S. Federal Reserve"></category><category term="Citigroup Inc."></category><category term="American International Group Inc."></category><category term="Capitol Hill"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="U.S. Democratic Party"></category><category term="Richard Shelby"></category><category term="Jack Reed"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Kevin Drawbaugh"></category><category term="Consumer Financial Protection Agency"></category></entry><entry><title>Administration pushes for Wall Street regulations</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/administration-pushes-wall-street-regulations-859940a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-12T15:48:18Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-12:/financial-regulatory-policy/administration-pushes-wall-street-regulations-859940a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Administration calls for limits on size of financial institutions, pushes consumer protections&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" &gt;Obama administration&lt;/a&gt; waded into negotiations over &lt;a title="Wall Street" href="/topic/Wall+Street" &gt;Wall Street&lt;/a&gt; regulations Wednesday, calling for limits on the size of financial institutions and insisting that consumer protections remain a central objective of legislative attempts to rein in the industry.&lt;/...</summary><category term="Consumer Protection"></category><category term="Financial Markets"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="The White House"></category><category term="U.S. House Committee on Financial Services"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="Barney Frank"></category><category term="Mitch McConnell"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="U.S. Department of the Treasury"></category><category term="Wall Street"></category><category term="U.S. House of Representatives"></category><category term="U.S. Federal Reserve"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="The Associated Press"></category><category term="U.S. Democratic Party"></category><category term="Richard Shelby"></category><category term="Paul Volcker"></category><category term="Timothy Geithner"></category><category term="Financial Rescue Plans"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Valerie Jarrett"></category><category term="Judd Gregg"></category><category term="Martin Crutsinger"></category><category term="Bob Corker"></category><category term="Mike Crapo"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Consumer Financial Protection Agency"></category></entry><entry><title>Sen Shelby counters on financial consumer watchdog</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/sen-shelby-counters-financial-consumer-watchdog-859626a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-12T15:48:12Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Business News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-12:/financial-regulatory-policy/sen-shelby-counters-financial-consumer-watchdog-859626a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - A senior Republican &lt;a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" &gt;U.S.&lt;/a&gt; senator has made at least two counter-offers to &lt;a title="U.S. Democratic Party" href="/topic/U.S.+Democratic+Party" &gt;Democrats&lt;/a&gt; on creating a new government watchdog for financial consumers, Reuters learned on Monday from aides and documents.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Richard Shelby" href="/topic/Richard+Shelby" &gt;Senator Ric...</summary><category term="Consumer Protection"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs"></category><category term="Wall Street"></category><category term="Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="U.S. Democratic Party"></category><category term="Richard Shelby"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Jaret Seiberg"></category><category term="Tom Miller"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Consumer Financial Protection Agency"></category></entry><entry><title>The Death of the CFPA</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/death-cfpa-3123779a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-25T08:33:25Z</updated><author><name>SeekingAlpha</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-10-25:/financial-regulatory-policy/death-cfpa-3123779a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Consumer Protection"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="Richard Shelby"></category><category term="Elizabeth Warren"></category><category term="Bob Corker"></category><category term="Center for Responsible Lending"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Consumer Financial Protection Agency"></category><category term="Bureau of Financial Protection"></category><category term="Edmund Andrews"></category><category term="Systemic Risk Council"></category></entry><entry><title>Senate financial reform talks snag on watchdog</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/senate-financial-reform-talks-snag-watchdog-858711a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-12T15:48:12Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Politics News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-12:/financial-regulatory-policy/senate-financial-reform-talks-snag-watchdog-858711a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - Bipartisan agreement in the Senate on financial reform hit a snag on how much power to give a consumer watchdog office being proposed by Democrats, with marathon talks resuming on Sunday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The legal fine points of the dispute were obscure, but aides said key lawmakers remained hopeful that a deal can be worked out on an issue that is one of &lt;a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" &gt;Pre...</summary><category term="Consumer Protection"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="U.S. Department of the Treasury"></category><category term="U.S. House of Representatives"></category><category term="Tennessee"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="U.S. Democratic Party"></category><category term="Richard Shelby"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Jaret Seiberg"></category><category term="Bob Corker"></category><category term="Brian Gardner"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Consumer Financial Protection Agency"></category></entry><entry><title>Financial reform compromise rebuffed in Senate</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/financial-reform-compromise-rebuffed-senate-858128a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-12T15:48:09Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Top News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-12:/financial-regulatory-policy/financial-reform-compromise-rebuffed-senate-858128a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - Marathon negotiations in the Senate on financial regulatory reform were set to continue on Sunday with a renewed focus on financial consumer protections after key &lt;a title="U.S. Republican Party" href="/topic/U.S.+Republican+Party" &gt;Republicans&lt;/a&gt; rejected a compromise offer from the banking committee chairman.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sources told Reuters Saturday night that neither &lt;a title="U.S. Democratic Party" h...</summary><category term="United States"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="U.S. Department of the Treasury"></category><category term="U.S. House of Representatives"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="U.S. Democratic Party"></category><category term="Richard Shelby"></category><category term="Financial Rescue Plans"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Jaret Seiberg"></category><category term="Bob Corker"></category><category term="Byron Dorgan"></category><category term="Brian Gardner"></category><category term="Karey Wutkowski"></category><category term="Rachelle Younglai"></category><category term="Todd Eastham"></category><category term="Consumer Financial Protection Agency"></category></entry><entry><title>Sen Dodd's bank super-cop may be doomed: source</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/sen-dodds-bank-supercop-doomed-source-857403a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-25T21:50:04Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Business News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-25:/financial-regulatory-policy/sen-dodds-bank-supercop-doomed-source-857403a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - A bold proposal by &lt;a title="Christopher Dodd" href="/topic/Christopher+Dodd" &gt;Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd&lt;/a&gt; to set up a single supervisor for &lt;a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" &gt;U.S.&lt;/a&gt; banks looks doomed, said a source familiar with Senate committee discussions on Friday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Financial Institutions Regulatory Administration, which Dodd proposed in N...</summary><category term="Economies"></category><category term="U.S. Economy"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Public Finance"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="Banking Services"></category><category term="Central Banking"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="U.S. Department of the Treasury"></category><category term="Wall Street"></category><category term="Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation"></category><category term="U.S. House of Representatives"></category><category term="Bank of America Corporation"></category><category term="U.S. Federal Reserve"></category><category term="Citigroup Inc."></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Office of Thrift Supervision"></category><category term="Office of the Comptroller of the Currency"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Kevin Drawbaugh"></category><category term="Consumer Financial Protection Agency"></category><category term="Bureau of Financial Protection"></category></entry><entry><title>Fed may not lose bank supervision role: Dodd</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/fed-lose-bank-supervision-role-dodd-857254a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-25T21:46:21Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Business News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-25:/financial-regulatory-policy/fed-lose-bank-supervision-role-dodd-857254a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - The Senate's chief architect of financial regulation reform said on Friday the &lt;a title="U.S. Federal Reserve" href="/topic/U.S.+Federal+Reserve" &gt;Federal Reserve&lt;/a&gt; may "not necessarily" lose its authority to supervise banks, signaling a potential shift in his thinking.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As he searches for compromises to win support for a landmark financial regulation bill, &lt;a title="Christopher Dodd" href="/t...</summary><category term="Economies"></category><category term="U.S. Economy"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Public Finance"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="Banking Services"></category><category term="Central Banking"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="The White House"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Department of the Treasury"></category><category term="U.S. Federal Reserve"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="Bloomberg LP"></category><category term="Bob Corker"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Rachelle Younglai"></category></entry><entry><title>Deal on financial reform bill near in Senate</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/deal-financial-reform-bill-senate-855928a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-12T15:46:21Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Business News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-12:/financial-regulatory-policy/deal-financial-reform-bill-senate-855928a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - A bipartisan agreement on financial regulation reform was close at hand on Thursday in the Senate, with lawmakers working to overcome a key obstacle -- creating a new financial consumer watchdog.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In a sign that serious deal-making was finally getting under way, a Senate aide told Reuters that the two leaders of the &lt;a title="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs" href="/t...</summary><category term="Consumer Protection"></category><category term="Economic Issues"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="Economic Crisis"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="The White House"></category><category term="U.S. House Committee on Financial Services"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs"></category><category term="Barney Frank"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="Wall Street"></category><category term="U.S. House of Representatives"></category><category term="Capitol Hill"></category><category term="Ben Bernanke"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="Richard Shelby"></category><category term="Timothy Geithner"></category><category term="Jonathan Graffeo"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Bob Corker"></category><category term="Jen Psaki"></category><category term="Capital Alpha Partners"></category><category term="Charles Gabriel"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="David Lawder"></category><category term="Karey Wutkowski"></category><category term="Glenn Somerville"></category><category term="Tim Ahmann"></category><category term="Caren Bohan"></category><category term="Rachelle Younglai"></category><category term="Consumer Financial Protection Agency"></category></entry><entry><title>Fed to look into insurance contracts on Greek debt</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/fed-insurance-contracts-greek-debt-853391a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-25T20:52:22Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-25:/financial-regulatory-policy/fed-insurance-contracts-greek-debt-853391a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Bernanke says &lt;a title="U.S. Federal Reserve" href="/topic/U.S.+Federal+Reserve" &gt;Fed&lt;/a&gt; will look into &lt;a title="Wall Street" href="/topic/Wall+Street" &gt;Wall Street&lt;/a&gt;'s use of credit default swaps involving &lt;a title="Greece" href="/topic/Greece" &gt;Greece&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Ben Bernanke" href="/topic/Ben+Bernanke" &gt;Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke&lt;/a&gt; told lawmakers Thursday that the central bank is looking into the use by &lt;a title="Goldman Sachs Group Inc." hre...</summary><category term="EU Economy"></category><category term="Financial Markets"></category><category term="Economies"></category><category term="U.S. Economy"></category><category term="Economic Issues"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Public Finance"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="Central Banking"></category><category term="Credit Services and Intermediation"></category><category term="Mortgage Banking and Services"></category><category term="Secondary Market Financing"></category><category term="Economic Crisis"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Fannie Mae"></category><category term="Freddie Mac Holdings"></category><category term="U.S. House Committee on Financial Services"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="Wall Street"></category><category term="U.S. House of Representatives"></category><category term="U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission"></category><category term="U.S. Federal Reserve"></category><category term="Goldman Sachs Group Inc."></category><category term="Mary Schapiro"></category><category term="Europe"></category><category term="Capitol Hill"></category><category term="Ben Bernanke"></category><category term="Greece"></category><category term="The Balkans"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="The Associated Press"></category><category term="Timothy Geithner"></category><category term="Derivatives Markets"></category><category term="John Nester"></category><category term="Marcy Gordon"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Credit-Default Swaps"></category></entry><entry><title>Senate seeks bank reform, Obama weighs in</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/senate-seeks-bank-reform-obama-weighs-854321a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-12T15:45:33Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Business News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-12:/financial-regulatory-policy/senate-seeks-bank-reform-obama-weighs-854321a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - Key senators pushed for a bipartisan agreement on a package of reforms to tighten rules for financial industry behavior as &lt;a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" &gt;President Barack Obama&lt;/a&gt; on Wednesday blasted critics who call his policies "socialism."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Negotiations for some kind of Senate pact, possibly ready by early next week, seemed to be building as &lt;a title="Christopher Dodd" ...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="The White House"></category><category term="U.S. House Committee on Financial Services"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="U.S. Department of the Treasury"></category><category term="Wall Street"></category><category term="U.S. House of Representatives"></category><category term="U.S. Federal Reserve"></category><category term="Tennessee"></category><category term="Ben Bernanke"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="Paul Volcker"></category><category term="Timothy Geithner"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Bob Corker"></category><category term="Business Roundtable"></category><category term="Credit Union National Association Inc."></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Karey Wutkowski"></category><category term="Consumer Financial Protection Agency"></category></entry><entry><title>Senate talks on financial reform move ahead</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/senate-talks-financial-reform-move-854024a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-12T15:44:56Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Business News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-12:/financial-regulatory-policy/senate-talks-financial-reform-move-854024a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - Senate negotiations toward a bipartisan agreement on financial regulatory reform moved forward on several fronts on Wednesday and hopes were high for a pact early next week.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Christopher Dodd" href="/topic/Christopher+Dodd" &gt;Senator Christopher Dodd&lt;/a&gt;, the Connecticut Democrat who chairs the &lt;a title="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs" href="/topic/U.S.+Sen...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="The White House"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="U.S. House of Representatives"></category><category term="U.S. Federal Reserve"></category><category term="Tennessee"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="Twitter Inc."></category><category term="Paul Volcker"></category><category term="Timothy Geithner"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Bob Corker"></category><category term="Credit Union National Association Inc."></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Karey Wutkowski"></category><category term="Consumer Financial Protection Agency"></category><category term="Bipartisanship"></category></entry><entry><title>Financial reform bill seen next week in Senate</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/financial-reform-bill-week-senate-847793a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-25T18:33:05Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Business News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-25:/financial-regulatory-policy/financial-reform-bill-week-senate-847793a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON/&lt;a title="Panama City" href="/topic/Panama+City" &gt;PANAMA CITY&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - Efforts to tighten &lt;a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" &gt;U.S.&lt;/a&gt; financial regulation advanced on Thursday, with a new bipartisan bill expected next week from two key senators who were working on it while traveling together in &lt;a title="Panama" href="/topic/Panama" &gt;Panama&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Senate &lt;a title="Christopher Dodd" ...</summary><category term="Economic Issues"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="Economic Crisis"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="The White House"></category><category term="U.S. House Committee on Financial Services"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Barney Frank"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="New York"></category><category term="North America"></category><category term="U.S. House of Representatives"></category><category term="Bear, Stearns &amp; Co. Inc."></category><category term="Lehman Brothers Inc."></category><category term="Merrill Lynch &amp; Co. Inc."></category><category term="Mexico"></category><category term="Mexico City"></category><category term="Panama"></category><category term="Central America"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="U.S. Democratic Party"></category><category term="Richard Shelby"></category><category term="Paul Volcker"></category><category term="CNBC Inc."></category><category term="Panama City"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Lawrence Summers"></category><category term="Bob Corker"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Rachelle Younglai"></category><category term="Edward Krudy"></category><category term="Patrick Rucker"></category><category term="Daniel Bases"></category><category term="U.S. Embassy in Panama"></category></entry><entry><title>One More Nail in the CFPA 's Coffin</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/nail-cfpa-coffin-3107082a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-25T05:29:36Z</updated><author><name>SeekingAlpha</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-10-25:/financial-regulatory-policy/nail-cfpa-coffin-3107082a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Consumer Protection"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs"></category><category term="Tennessee"></category><category term="Richard Shelby"></category><category term="Bob Corker"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Barney Frank-Federal Reserve"></category><category term="Elizabeth-Warren-inspired Consumer Financial Protection Agency"></category></entry><entry><title>GOP's Gregg sees progress on financial regulation</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/gops-gregg-sees-progress-financial-regulation-844312a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-12T15:43:49Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Politics News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-12:/financial-regulatory-policy/gops-gregg-sees-progress-financial-regulation-844312a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - &lt;a title="U.S. Republican Party" href="/topic/U.S.+Republican+Party" &gt;Republicans&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title="U.S. Democratic Party" href="/topic/U.S.+Democratic+Party" &gt;Democrats&lt;/a&gt; in the Senate share common ground on financial regulation, but the &lt;a title="The White House" href="/topic/The+White+House" &gt;White House&lt;/a&gt;'s stance on how to protect consumers from banking abuses remains an obstacle to legislat...</summary><category term="Consumer Protection"></category><category term="Financial Markets"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="The White House"></category><category term="European Union"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Wall Street"></category><category term="New Hampshire"></category><category term="Rhode Island"></category><category term="The Blackstone Group LP"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="The Washington Post Company"></category><category term="U.S. Democratic Party"></category><category term="Richard Shelby"></category><category term="CNBC Inc."></category><category term="Jack Reed"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Judd Gregg"></category><category term="U.S. Senate Budget Committee"></category><category term="Bob Corker"></category><category term="Stephen Schwarzman"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Kevin Drawbaugh"></category><category term="Consumer Financial Protection Agency"></category></entry><entry><title>Senate banking chief hopeful for financial reform bill</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/senate-banking-chief-hopeful-financial-reform-bill-843700a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-25T18:36:30Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Top News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-25:/financial-regulatory-policy/senate-banking-chief-hopeful-financial-reform-bill-843700a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - Senate Banking &lt;a title="Christopher Dodd" href="/topic/Christopher+Dodd" &gt;Chairman Christopher Dodd&lt;/a&gt; voiced optimism on Thursday that his committee could craft a bipartisan financial reform bill.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dodd said he would negotiate the financial regulation legislation with &lt;a title="Bob Corker" href="/topic/Bob+Corker" &gt;Republican Senator Bob Corker&lt;/a&gt;, six days after saying bipartisan efforts ha...</summary><category term="Financial Markets"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Richard Shelby"></category><category term="Mark Warner"></category><category term="Derivatives Markets"></category><category term="Bob Corker"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Rachelle Younglai"></category><category term="Bipartisanship"></category></entry><entry><title>Frank backs Dodd on financial consumer watchdog</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/frank-backs-dodd-financial-consumer-watchdog-842499a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-25T18:37:24Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Politics News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-25:/financial-regulatory-policy/frank-backs-dodd-financial-consumer-watchdog-842499a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - A senior &lt;a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" &gt;U.S.&lt;/a&gt; lawmaker on Tuesday expressed support for Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd's commitment to pursue a proposal to establish an independent financial consumer watchdog agency.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"I welcome &lt;a title="Christopher Dodd" href="/topic/Christopher+Dodd" &gt;Senator Dodd&lt;/a&gt;'s intention to fight to preserve an independen...</summary><category term="Consumer Protection"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. House Committee on Financial Services"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="Barney Frank"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="U.S. House of Representatives"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Kevin Drawbaugh"></category></entry><entry><title>Financial reform talks break down in Senate</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/financial-reform-talks-break-senate-840795a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-12T15:43:53Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Business News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-12:/financial-regulatory-policy/financial-reform-talks-break-senate-840795a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - Bipartisan efforts on &lt;a title="Capitol Hill" href="/topic/Capitol+Hill" &gt;Capitol Hill&lt;/a&gt; to tighten financial regulation ground to a halt in the Senate on Friday, casting one of the top domestic policy priorities of the &lt;a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" &gt;Obama administration&lt;/a&gt; in a stark political light.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;After months of public debate and closed-door talks, Senate &lt;a title="...</summary><category term="Consumer Protection"></category><category term="Financial Markets"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Public Finance"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. House Committee on Financial Services"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="Barney Frank"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="Harvard Law School"></category><category term="U.S. Department of the Treasury"></category><category term="Wall Street"></category><category term="U.S. House of Representatives"></category><category term="Massachusetts"></category><category term="Capitol Hill"></category><category term="Canada"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="U.S. Democratic Party"></category><category term="Richard Shelby"></category><category term="Financial Rescue Plans"></category><category term="Mark Warner"></category><category term="Jack Reed"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Judd Gregg"></category><category term="Elizabeth Warren"></category><category term="Daniel Tarullo"></category><category term="Bob Corker"></category><category term="Neal Wolin"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Consumer Financial Protection Agency"></category><category term="The Great Depression"></category><category term="Bipartisanship"></category></entry><entry><title>Bankers try to put a better face before Congress</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/bankers-put-face-congress-838815a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-25T18:40:59Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-25:/financial-regulatory-policy/bankers-put-face-congress-838815a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Bankers seek to improve image as Senate talks on how to regulate them hit impasse&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Looking to douse public and congressional anger, chief executives at some of the biggest financial institutions are on a mission to repair their image and gain more influence over legislation that would overhaul regulations that govern their industry.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;They have their work cut out for them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Attempts to reach a bipartisan agreement on new regulations hit an impasse in the &lt;...</summary><category term="Financial Markets"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="Political Lobbyists"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="Banking Services"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Alabama"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs"></category><category term="Wall Street"></category><category term="Goldman Sachs Group Inc."></category><category term="Connecticut"></category><category term="Citigroup Inc."></category><category term="Capitol Hill"></category><category term="New England States"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="Richard Shelby"></category><category term="Financial Rescue Plans"></category><category term="The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation"></category><category term="U.S. Bancorp"></category><category term="Financial Services Roundtable"></category><category term="American Bankers Association"></category><category term="Robert Kelly"></category><category term="Richard Davis (Executive)"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Webster Bank"></category><category term="Consumer Credit Policy and Regulation"></category></entry><entry><title>Dodd says bipartisan financial reform at an impasse</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/dodd-bipartisan-financial-reform-impasse-840690a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-25T18:38:57Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Politics News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-25:/financial-regulatory-policy/dodd-bipartisan-financial-reform-impasse-840690a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - Bipartisan efforts to tighten &lt;a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" &gt;U.S.&lt;/a&gt; financial regulation ground to a halt in the Senate on Friday, leaving &lt;a title="U.S. Democratic Party" href="/topic/U.S.+Democratic+Party" &gt;Democrats&lt;/a&gt; to proceed on their own and painting &lt;a title="U.S. Republican Party" href="/topic/U.S.+Republican+Party" &gt;Republicans&lt;/a&gt; into an uncomfortable political ...</summary><category term="Financial Markets"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="Wall Street"></category><category term="U.S. House of Representatives"></category><category term="Massachusetts"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="U.S. Democratic Party"></category><category term="Richard Shelby"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Karey Wutkowski"></category><category term="The Great Depression"></category><category term="Bipartisanship"></category></entry><entry><title>Volcker urges curbs on big banks' risky trades</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/volcker-urges-curbs-big-banks-risky-trades-838540a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-09-22T13:03:34Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Business News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-09-22:/financial-regulatory-policy/volcker-urges-curbs-big-banks-risky-trades-838540a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - &lt;a title="The White House" href="/topic/The+White+House" &gt;White House&lt;/a&gt; economic adviser &lt;a title="Paul Volcker" href="/topic/Paul+Volcker" &gt;Paul Volcker&lt;/a&gt; on Tuesday told Congress to curb risky investing by big banks, warning his soul would haunt lawmakers when the next banking crisis hits if they did not heed him now.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The 82-year-old former &lt;a title="U.S. Federal Reserve" href="/topic/U.S...</summary><category term="Financial Markets"></category><category term="Stock Prices"></category><category term="Economies"></category><category term="U.S. Economy"></category><category term="Economic Issues"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Public Finance"></category><category term="Banking Services"></category><category term="Central Banking"></category><category term="Economic Crisis"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="The White House"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs"></category><category term="Financial Times Ltd."></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="U.S. Department of the Treasury"></category><category term="Wall Street"></category><category term="U.S. House of Representatives"></category><category term="U.S. Federal Reserve"></category><category term="Goldman Sachs Group Inc."></category><category term="Lehman Brothers Inc."></category><category term="United Kingdom"></category><category term="American International Group Inc."></category><category term="Europe"></category><category term="Massachusetts"></category><category term="Western Europe"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="Dubai"></category><category term="U.S. Democratic Party"></category><category term="The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc"></category><category term="Richard Shelby"></category><category term="Paul Volcker"></category><category term="Bob Corker"></category><category term="Sempra Energy"></category><category term="England"></category><category term="Kevin Warsh"></category><category term="Neal Wolin"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="London (England)"></category><category term="The Great Depression"></category><category term="Steven Slater"></category><category term="Luke Pachymuthu"></category><category term="JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co."></category><category term="Financial Trading"></category></entry><entry><title>Senate panel to hear from Volcker on bank plan</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/economic-policy/senate-panel-hear-volcker-bank-plan-833549a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-25T18:45:09Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Politics News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-25:/economic-policy/senate-panel-hear-volcker-bank-plan-833549a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - &lt;a title="Paul Volcker" href="/topic/Paul+Volcker" &gt;Paul Volcker&lt;/a&gt;, a member of the &lt;a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" &gt;Obama administration&lt;/a&gt;'s economic team and a former chairman of the &lt;a title="U.S. Federal Reserve" href="/topic/U.S.+Federal+Reserve" &gt;Federal Reserve&lt;/a&gt;, will testify on February 2 to a &lt;a title="U.S. Senate" href="/topic/U.S.+Senate" &gt;U.S. Senate&lt;/a&gt; committe...</summary><category term="Financial Markets"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="The White House"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs"></category><category term="U.S. Senate"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="Wall Street"></category><category term="U.S. Federal Reserve"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="Richard Shelby"></category><category term="Paul Volcker"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Kevin Drawbaugh"></category></entry><entry><title>Indisciplined Democrats vs. Regulatory Reform</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/indisciplined-democrats-regulatory-reform-2777626a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-22T13:14:02Z</updated><author><name>SeekingAlpha</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-10-22:/financial-regulatory-policy/indisciplined-democrats-regulatory-reform-2777626a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Company Activities and Information"></category><category term="Corporate Governance"></category><category term="Judiciary"></category><category term="U.S. Courts"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Public Finance"></category><category term="Central Banking"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="George W. Bush"></category><category term="The White House"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Barney Frank"></category><category term="U.S. Supreme Court"></category><category term="Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation"></category><category term="Massachusetts"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="U.S. Democratic Party"></category><category term="Paul Volcker"></category><category term="Timothy Geithner"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Lawrence Summers"></category><category term="Office of the Comptroller of the Currency"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Consumer Financial Protection Agency"></category><category term="U.S. Supreme Court Cases"></category><category term="Scott Brown (Politician)"></category><category term="Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission"></category></entry><entry><title>Senate rejects GOP bid to end TARP payments</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-rescue-plans/senate-rejects-gop-bid-tarp-payments-827196a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-25T18:49:16Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-25:/financial-rescue-plans/senate-rejects-gop-bid-tarp-payments-827196a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Senate &lt;a title="U.S. Democratic Party" href="/topic/U.S.+Democratic+Party" &gt;Democrats&lt;/a&gt; reject &lt;a title="U.S. Republican Party" href="/topic/U.S.+Republican+Party" &gt;GOP&lt;/a&gt; bid to end payments from &lt;a title="Wall Street" href="/topic/Wall+Street" &gt;Wall Street&lt;/a&gt; bailout program&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Senate Thursday killed a Republican attempt to shut down the Wall Street bailout program.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The defeated proposal would have barred &lt;a title="U.S. Department of the Treasury" hr...</summary><category term="Financial Markets"></category><category term="Economies"></category><category term="U.S. Economy"></category><category term="Small Business"></category><category term="Economic Issues"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="Banking Services"></category><category term="Regional Banks and Savings Institutions"></category><category term="Economic Crisis"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Department of the Treasury"></category><category term="Wall Street"></category><category term="South Dakota"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="U.S. Democratic Party"></category><category term="Troubled Assets Relief Program"></category><category term="Financial Rescue Plans"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="John Thune"></category></entry><entry><title>Senate talks could dilute proposed consumer agency</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/senate-talks-dilute-proposed-consumer-agency-819305a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-25T18:54:13Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-25:/financial-regulatory-policy/senate-talks-dilute-proposed-consumer-agency-819305a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Senate could scrap independent consumer agency, create entity with less power&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Senate banking negotiators are discussing plans that could significantly weaken &amp;amp;#8212; or even jettison &amp;amp;#8212; &lt;a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" &gt;President Barack Obama&lt;/a&gt;'s proposed independent consumer finance agency.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The plans are not final and are part of a broader attempt by Senate Banking committee &lt;a title="Christopher Dodd" href="/topic/Christoph...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="Banking Services"></category><category term="Credit Services and Intermediation"></category><category term="Consumer Lending Services"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="National Economic Council"></category><category term="Alabama"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="Wall Street"></category><category term="Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation"></category><category term="U.S. Federal Reserve"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="The Associated Press"></category><category term="Richard Shelby"></category><category term="Financial Rescue Plans"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Lawrence Summers"></category><category term="Consumer Federation of America"></category><category term="Travis Plunkett"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="The Great Depression"></category></entry><entry><title>Dodd may scrap consumer protection agency: report</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/dodd-scrap-consumer-protection-agency-report-818554a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-25T18:54:58Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Business News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-25:/financial-regulatory-policy/dodd-scrap-consumer-protection-agency-report-818554a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - The head of the &lt;a title="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs" href="/topic/U.S.+Senate+Committee+on+Banking%2c+Housing%2c+and+Urban+Affairs" &gt;Senate Banking Committee&lt;/a&gt; may scrap the idea of creating a consumer financial protection agency, the &lt;a title="The Wall Street Journal" href="/topic/The+Wall+Street+Journal" &gt;Wall Street Journal&lt;/a&gt; said on Friday citing people famili...</summary><category term="Consumer Protection"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="The White House"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs"></category><category term="The Wall Street Journal"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="U.S. Democratic Party"></category><category term="Richard Shelby"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Jonathan Stempel"></category></entry><entry><title>Senate panel moves to muzzle consumer watchdog</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/senate-panel-moves-muzzle-consumer-watchdog-814391a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-12T15:43:57Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Politics News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-12:/financial-regulatory-policy/senate-panel-moves-muzzle-consumer-watchdog-814391a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - The &lt;a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" &gt;Obama administration&lt;/a&gt;'s proposal to create a new &lt;a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" &gt;U.S.&lt;/a&gt; agency to protect financial consumers is fast losing support in the &lt;a title="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs" href="/topic/U.S.+Senate+Committee+on+Banking%2c+Housing%2c+and+Urban+Affairs" &gt;U.S. Senate ...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="The White House"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="Harvard Law School"></category><category term="Wall Street"></category><category term="U.S. House of Representatives"></category><category term="U.S. Federal Reserve"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="BASF Catalysts LLC"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Elizabeth Warren"></category><category term="Greg Valliere"></category><category term="Capital Alpha Partners"></category><category term="Soleil Securities Group Inc."></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Consumer Financial Protection Agency"></category><category term="Joseph Engelhard"></category><category term="Heather Booth"></category></entry><entry><title>Special bankruptcy court for banks mulled in Senate</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/special-bankruptcy-court-banks-mulled-senate-813048a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-25T18:59:19Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Politics News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-25:/financial-regulatory-policy/special-bankruptcy-court-banks-mulled-senate-813048a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - Key U.S. senators are considering the creation of a special bankruptcy court for troubled financial services firms, a person familiar with the plans said on Monday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs" href="/topic/U.S.+Senate+Committee+on+Banking%2c+Housing%2c+and+Urban+Affairs" &gt;Senate Banking Committee&lt;/a&gt; members are trying to toughen up parts of a draft b...</summary><category term="Company Activities and Information"></category><category term="Company Bankruptcies"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation"></category><category term="U.S. House of Representatives"></category><category term="Bank of America Corporation"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Richard Shelby"></category><category term="CNBC Inc."></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Rachelle Younglai"></category></entry><entry><title>Senator Dodd's exit roils financial reform</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/senator-dodds-exit-roils-financial-reform-805988a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-12T15:44:02Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Politics News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-12:/financial-regulatory-policy/senator-dodds-exit-roils-financial-reform-805988a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - How &lt;a title="Christopher Dodd" href="/topic/Christopher+Dodd" &gt;Senator Christopher Dodd&lt;/a&gt; handles his final months in office is suddenly the big question surrounding &lt;a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" &gt;U.S.&lt;/a&gt; efforts to tighten financial regulation, with some analysts now expecting a more moderate reform.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Democratic chairman of the &lt;a title="U.S. Senate Committee on B...</summary><category term="Financial Markets"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="New York City"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Barney Frank"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="Wall Street"></category><category term="U.S. House of Representatives"></category><category term="Bank of America Corporation"></category><category term="Goldman Sachs Group Inc."></category><category term="Connecticut"></category><category term="Citigroup Inc."></category><category term="American International Group Inc."></category><category term="Capitol Hill"></category><category term="The Brookings Institution"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="U.S. Democratic Party"></category><category term="Richard Shelby"></category><category term="Countrywide Financial Corporation"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="American Bankers Association"></category><category term="Byron Dorgan"></category><category term="Democrats' Senate"></category><category term="Edward Yingling"></category><category term="Douglas Elliott"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Karey Wutkowski"></category><category term="Thomas Ferraro"></category><category term="Richard Cowan"></category><category term="Consumer Financial Protection Agency"></category><category term="JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co."></category></entry><entry><title>Dodd, D-Conn., retiring from Senate; AG to run</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/economic-policy/dodd-dconn-retiring-senate-ag-run-805767a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-12T14:07:42Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-12:/economic-policy/dodd-dconn-retiring-senate-ag-run-805767a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Democrat Dodd announces Senate retirement; longtime &lt;a title="Connecticut" href="/topic/Connecticut" &gt;Conn.&lt;/a&gt; attorney general says he's running&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Christopher Dodd" href="/topic/Christopher+Dodd" &gt;Christopher Dodd&lt;/a&gt;, saying he was in "the toughest political shape" of his career, announced Wednesday he will retire from the &lt;a title="U.S. Senate" href="/topic/U.S.+Senate" &gt;U.S. Senate&lt;/a&gt;, ending a four-decade career in Congress.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dodd said outside ...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs"></category><category term="U.S. Senate"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="Harvard University"></category><category term="U.S. House of Representatives"></category><category term="Connecticut"></category><category term="Yale University"></category><category term="The Associated Press"></category><category term="U.S. Democratic Party"></category><category term="World Wrestling Entertainment Inc."></category><category term="Peter Schiff"></category><category term="Hartford (Connecticut)"></category><category term="University of Connecticut"></category><category term="Edward M. Kennedy"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Richard Blumenthal"></category><category term="Quinnipiac University"></category><category term="Linda McMahon"></category><category term="Liz Sidoti"></category><category term="Andrew Miga"></category><category term="Susan Haigh"></category><category term="Rob Simmons"></category><category term="Douglas Schwartz"></category><category term="Dave Collins"></category><category term="Abraham Ribicoff"></category><category term="Daniel Moynihan"></category><category term="Merrick Alpert"></category><category term="Harry Blackmun"></category></entry><entry><title>Senate panel nears agreement on role of Fed</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/senate-panel-nears-agreement-role-fed-805601a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-12T15:44:01Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Business News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-12:/financial-regulatory-policy/senate-panel-nears-agreement-role-fed-805601a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - As Congress moves to reform &lt;a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" &gt;U.S.&lt;/a&gt; financial regulation, key senators are nearing bipartisan agreement on stripping the &lt;a title="U.S. Federal Reserve" href="/topic/U.S.+Federal+Reserve" &gt;Federal Reserve&lt;/a&gt; of its authority to supervise banks, two people familiar with the matter said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Senate &lt;a title="Christopher Dodd" href="/topic/Christ...</summary><category term="Economies"></category><category term="U.S. Economy"></category><category term="Economic Issues"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Public Finance"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="Central Banking"></category><category term="Economic Crisis"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="The White House"></category><category term="U.S. House Committee on Financial Services"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs"></category><category term="Barney Frank"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation"></category><category term="U.S. House of Representatives"></category><category term="Bank of America Corporation"></category><category term="U.S. Federal Reserve"></category><category term="Goldman Sachs Group Inc."></category><category term="Lehman Brothers Inc."></category><category term="Morgan Stanley"></category><category term="Citigroup Inc."></category><category term="American International Group Inc."></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="Richard Shelby"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Rachelle Younglai"></category><category term="Consumer Financial Protection Agency"></category></entry><entry><title>Sen Dodd: restoring Glass-Steagall "difficult"</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/sen-dodd-restoring-glasssteagall-difficult-783341a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-13T15:03:31Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Politics News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-10-13:/financial-regulatory-policy/sen-dodd-restoring-glasssteagall-difficult-783341a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - U.S. Senate &lt;a title="Christopher Dodd" href="/topic/Christopher+Dodd" &gt;Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd&lt;/a&gt; said on Thursday it would be "pretty difficult" to reinstate 1930s-era &lt;a title="Glass-Steagall Act" href="/topic/Glass-Steagall+Act" &gt;Glass-Steagall&lt;/a&gt; limits on banking as proposed in two bills in Congress.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;His remarks suggested an uphill climb ahead for legislation, filed ...</summary><category term="Economic Issues"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="Investment Services"></category><category term="Investment Banking"></category><category term="Economic Crisis"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="U.S. House of Representatives"></category><category term="Goldman Sachs Group Inc."></category><category term="Citigroup Inc."></category><category term="Ben Bernanke"></category><category term="John McCain"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="Timothy Geithner"></category><category term="Capital Alpha Partners"></category><category term="Maurice Hinchey"></category><category term="Brian Gardner"></category><category term="Maria Cantwell"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act"></category><category term="Glass-Steagall Act"></category></entry><entry><title>Zeal Weakens For Financial Regulation</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/zeal-weakens-financial-regulation-2793091a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-22T14:34:02Z</updated><author><name>Forbes</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-10-22:/financial-regulatory-policy/zeal-weakens-financial-regulation-2793091a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Company Activities and Information"></category><category term="Corporate Governance"></category><category term="Financial Markets"></category><category term="Commodity Markets"></category><category term="Options and Futures Markets"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Public Finance"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="Banking Services"></category><category term="Central Banking"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation"></category><category term="Germany"></category><category term="U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission"></category><category term="U.S. Federal Reserve"></category><category term="United Kingdom"></category><category term="Oxford"></category><category term="Europe"></category><category term="Commodity Futures Trading Commission"></category><category term="France"></category><category term="Western Europe"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="Financial Rescue Plans"></category><category term="Office of Thrift Supervision"></category><category term="Derivatives Markets"></category><category term="Office of the Comptroller of the Currency"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Consumer Financial Protection Agency"></category></entry><entry><title>Senator Dodd to press financial reform ahead: aides</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/senator-dodd-press-financial-reform-aides-768646a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-25T19:28:24Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Business News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-25:/financial-regulatory-policy/senator-dodd-press-financial-reform-aides-768646a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - &lt;a title="Christopher Dodd" href="/topic/Christopher+Dodd" &gt;Senator Christopher Dodd&lt;/a&gt; chairman of the &lt;a title="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs" href="/topic/U.S.+Senate+Committee+on+Banking%2c+Housing%2c+and+Urban+Affairs" &gt;Senate Banking Committee&lt;/a&gt;, is ready to push through a controversial financial regulation reform bill with or without Republican support, senior...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Parties"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Barney Frank"></category><category term="Mitch McConnell"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="Wall Street"></category><category term="U.S. House of Representatives"></category><category term="Connecticut"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="U.S. Democratic Party"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Paul Miller"></category><category term="FBR Capital Markets Corporation"></category><category term="Eurasia Group Ltd."></category><category term="Bob Corker"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Dan Alamariu"></category><category term="Kevin Drawbaugh"></category><category term="U.S. Conservative Politics"></category></entry><entry><title>DODD'S REFORM PLAN</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/dodds-reform-plan-748815a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T09:00:03Z</updated><author><name>BusinessWeek</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-04-16:/financial-regulatory-policy/dodds-reform-plan-748815a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;h1&gt;DODD'S REFORM PLAN
 			&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Christopher Dodd" href="/topic/Christopher+Dodd" &gt;Senator Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.)&lt;/a&gt;, head of the Banking Committee, staked out a tough position on Nov. 10 when he unveiled his 1,136-page financial reform package. It would combine banking regulation into a single new agency, stripping the Fed of some powers and handing oversight of "systemically risky" institutions to a panel of regulators. Other ideas, including derivatives reform and a cons...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="BusinessWeek Magazine"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category></entry><entry><title>Financial reforms grind forward in Congress</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/financial-reforms-grind-congress-747035a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-12T15:44:40Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Politics News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-12:/financial-regulatory-policy/financial-reforms-grind-congress-747035a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - The &lt;a title="U.S. Congress" href="/topic/U.S.+Congress" &gt;U.S. Congress&lt;/a&gt; edged closer on Wednesday to creating new government powers to break up giant financial firms, which &lt;a title="Europe" href="/topic/Europe" &gt;Europe&lt;/a&gt; is already doing, while a &lt;a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" &gt;U.S.&lt;/a&gt; derivatives market crackdown got more complicated.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;More than a year since the co...</summary><category term="Financial Markets"></category><category term="Economic Issues"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Parties"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="Political Lobbyists"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="Economic Crisis"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="European Union"></category><category term="U.S. House Committee on Financial Services"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="Wall Street"></category><category term="Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation"></category><category term="U.S. House of Representatives"></category><category term="New Hampshire"></category><category term="Lehman Brothers Inc."></category><category term="United Kingdom"></category><category term="Paul Kanjorski"></category><category term="American International Group Inc."></category><category term="Europe"></category><category term="Utah"></category><category term="European Commission"></category><category term="Western Europe"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="U.S. Democratic Party"></category><category term="Lloyds Banking Group plc"></category><category term="Timothy Geithner"></category><category term="Financial Rescue Plans"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Judd Gregg"></category><category term="Derivatives Markets"></category><category term="Bob Bennett"></category><category term="Blanche Lincoln"></category><category term="U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Consumer Financial Protection Agency"></category></entry><entry><title>WRAPUP 1-Financial reforms grind forward in U.S. Congress</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/wrapup-1financial-reforms-grind-congress-2791691a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-22T14:29:39Z</updated><author><name>Forbes</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-10-22:/financial-regulatory-policy/wrapup-1financial-reforms-grind-congress-2791691a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Financial Markets"></category><category term="Economic Issues"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Parties"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="Political Lobbyists"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="Economic Crisis"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="European Union"></category><category term="U.S. House Committee on Financial Services"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="Wall Street"></category><category term="Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation"></category><category term="U.S. House of Representatives"></category><category term="New Hampshire"></category><category term="Lehman Brothers Inc."></category><category term="United Kingdom"></category><category term="Paul Kanjorski"></category><category term="American International Group Inc."></category><category term="Europe"></category><category term="European Commission"></category><category term="Western Europe"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="U.S. Democratic Party"></category><category term="Lloyds Banking Group plc"></category><category term="Timothy Geithner"></category><category term="Financial Rescue Plans"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Judd Gregg"></category><category term="Derivatives Markets"></category><category term="Bob Bennett"></category><category term="Blanche Lincoln"></category><category term="U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Consumer Financial Protection Agency"></category><category term="U.S. Conservative Politics"></category></entry><entry><title>Top Republican senator slams Dodd's regulation bill</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/top-republican-senator-slams-dodds-regulation-bill-745556a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-25T19:44:47Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Politics News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-25:/financial-regulatory-policy/top-republican-senator-slams-dodds-regulation-bill-745556a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday that a Democratic bill to revamp regulation of the financial industry must be revised to win support from his side of the political aisle.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"It's a long way from being ready to go forward on any bipartisan basis," McConnell told reporters after Senate Republicans were briefed on the massive measure drafted by Senate &lt;a title="Christop...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Parties"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="Mitch McConnell"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Richard Shelby"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Conservative Politics"></category></entry><entry><title>The Dodd Bill: CoCos Are Fine, But Don't Hobble the Fed</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/dodd-bill-cocos-fine-dont-hobble-fed-2767042a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-22T12:53:33Z</updated><author><name>SeekingAlpha</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-10-22:/financial-regulatory-policy/dodd-bill-cocos-fine-dont-hobble-fed-2767042a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Economic Issues"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="Public Finance"></category><category term="Central Banking"></category><category term="Economic Crisis"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="Financial Times Ltd."></category><category term="Barney Frank"></category><category term="Bear, Stearns &amp; Co. Inc."></category><category term="Lehman Brothers Inc."></category><category term="Consumer Protection Agency"></category><category term="Financial Rescue Plans"></category><category term="Gillian Tett"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category></entry><entry><title>Discretion and Financial Regulation: Always Doing the Wrong Thing</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-rescue-plans/discretion-financial-regulation-wrong-2766492a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-22T12:52:40Z</updated><author><name>SeekingAlpha</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-10-22:/financial-rescue-plans/discretion-financial-regulation-wrong-2766492a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Financial Markets"></category><category term="Economic Issues"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="Banking Services"></category><category term="Economic Crisis"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="Barney Frank"></category><category term="Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation"></category><category term="Bear, Stearns &amp; Co. Inc."></category><category term="Lehman Brothers Inc."></category><category term="Citigroup Inc."></category><category term="American International Group Inc."></category><category term="Europe"></category><category term="Troubled Assets Relief Program"></category><category term="Timothy Geithner"></category><category term="Financial Rescue Plans"></category><category term="Bernie Sanders"></category><category term="Matthew Yglesias"></category><category term="Felix Salmon"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Privatization and Nationalization"></category><category term="Asset-Price Bubbles"></category><category term="Mike Konczal"></category></entry><entry><title>Obama administration faults Senate bank bill</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/obama-administration-faults-senate-bank-bill-740927a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-12T02:29:40Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Politics News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-12:/financial-regulatory-policy/obama-administration-faults-senate-bank-bill-740927a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - The &lt;a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" &gt;Obama administration&lt;/a&gt; on Friday pushed back against a proposal in the &lt;a title="U.S. Senate" href="/topic/U.S.+Senate" &gt;U.S. Senate&lt;/a&gt; to create a single bank super-regulator and strip the &lt;a title="U.S. Federal Reserve" href="/topic/U.S.+Federal+Reserve" &gt;Federal Reserve&lt;/a&gt; of its supervisory powers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;U.S. Deputy Treasury &lt;a title="Ne...</summary><category term="Economies"></category><category term="U.S. Economy"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Public Finance"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="Central Banking"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="The White House"></category><category term="U.S. House Committee on Financial Services"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Senate"></category><category term="Barney Frank"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="American Bar Association"></category><category term="Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation"></category><category term="U.S. House of Representatives"></category><category term="U.S. Federal Reserve"></category><category term="UK Financial Services Authority"></category><category term="United Kingdom"></category><category term="American International Group Inc."></category><category term="Europe"></category><category term="Western Europe"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="Alan Greenspan"></category><category term="Bank Of England"></category><category term="Financial Rescue Plans"></category><category term="Sheila Bair"></category><category term="Mervyn King"></category><category term="Austan Goolsbee"></category><category term="Neal Wolin"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Emily Kaiser"></category></entry><entry><title>Financial Regulation: Disincentivized Investigators Won't Improve Anything</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/financial-regulation-disincentivized-investigators-wont-improve-2766043a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-22T12:51:58Z</updated><author><name>SeekingAlpha</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-10-22:/financial-regulatory-policy/financial-regulation-disincentivized-investigators-wont-improve-2766043a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Financial Markets"></category><category term="Commodity Markets"></category><category term="Options and Futures Markets"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="The White House"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission"></category><category term="Goldman Sachs Group Inc."></category><category term="Commodity Futures Trading Commission"></category><category term="Derivatives Markets"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category></entry><entry><title>Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/wall-street-breakfast-mustknow-news-2766000a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-22T12:51:52Z</updated><author><name>SeekingAlpha</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-10-22:/financial-regulatory-policy/wall-street-breakfast-mustknow-news-2766000a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Financial Markets"></category><category term="Stock Prices"></category><category term="Dow Jones Industrial Average"></category><category term="Economic Issues"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Asia-Pacific Politics"></category><category term="Chinese Politics"></category><category term="Public Finance"></category><category term="Economic Crisis"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="China"></category><category term="U.S. Department of the Treasury"></category><category term="Wall Street"></category><category term="Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation"></category><category term="U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission"></category><category term="U.S. Federal Reserve"></category><category term="Bear, Stearns &amp; Co. Inc."></category><category term="American International Group Inc."></category><category term="Europe"></category><category term="Matthew Tannin"></category><category term="Ralph Cioffi"></category><category term="The Wall Street Journal"></category><category term="Asia"></category><category term="Kenneth Feinberg"></category><category term="The World Bank Group"></category><category term="Singapore"></category><category term="The Blackstone Group LP"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="Shanghai"></category><category term="Sprint Nextel Corporation"></category><category term="East Asia"></category><category term="Advanta Corp."></category><category term="General Motors Corporation"></category><category term="General Electric Company"></category><category term="Clearwire Corporation"></category><category term="Macy's Inc."></category><category term="AT&amp;T Inc."></category><category term="ING Group NV"></category><category term="Logitech International SA"></category><category term="Cisco Systems Inc."></category><category term="Timothy Geithner"></category><category term="Financial Rescue Plans"></category><category term="People's Bank of China"></category><category term="Ken Lewis"></category><category term="A123 Systems Inc."></category><category term="Fritz Henderson"></category><category term="United Technologies Corporation"></category><category term="Robert Zoellick"></category><category term="Jan Hommen"></category><category term="LifeSize Communications"></category><category term="SPX Corporation"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Atmos Energy Corporation"></category><category term="Ed Whitacre"></category><category term="Robert H. Benmosche"></category><category term="FTSE 100 Index"></category><category term="U.S. Dollar"></category><category term="DAX Index"></category><category term="Nikkei 225 Index"></category><category term="TDC AS"></category><category term="Hang Seng"></category><category term="Veterans Day"></category></entry><entry><title>Dodd seeks more muscle in U.S. financial reforms</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/dodd-seeks-muscle-financial-reforms-736537a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-12T15:44:44Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Top News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-12:/financial-regulatory-policy/dodd-seeks-muscle-financial-reforms-736537a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - Pushing for tougher changes in &lt;a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" &gt;U.S.&lt;/a&gt; financial regulations, the Senate's top banking legislator on Tuesday proposed a new super-cop to police banks, a systemic risk agency and strong consumer protections.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Christopher Dodd" href="/topic/Christopher+Dodd" &gt;Senator Christopher Dodd&lt;/a&gt;, who is fighting for his political life back h...</summary><category term="Economic Issues"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="Political Lobbyists"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="Economic Crisis"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="European Union"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs"></category><category term="Mitch McConnell"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="New York"></category><category term="Wall Street"></category><category term="Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation"></category><category term="U.S. House of Representatives"></category><category term="U.S. Federal Reserve"></category><category term="Lehman Brothers Inc."></category><category term="Connecticut"></category><category term="Citigroup Inc."></category><category term="American International Group Inc."></category><category term="Capitol Hill"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="U.S. Democratic Party"></category><category term="Financial Rescue Plans"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Office of Thrift Supervision"></category><category term="Office of the Comptroller of the Currency"></category><category term="Brian Gardner"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Karey Wutkowski"></category><category term="Charles Abbott"></category><category term="Rachelle Younglai"></category><category term="Susan Cornwell"></category><category term="Consumer Financial Protection Agency"></category><category term="Karen Brettell"></category><category term="National Insurance Office"></category></entry><entry><title>Dodd's super bank cop faces tough battle</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/dodds-super-bank-cop-faces-tough-battle-737430a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-25T19:51:03Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Top News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-25:/financial-regulatory-policy/dodds-super-bank-cop-faces-tough-battle-737430a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - A Senate proposal to create a federal super cop to police banks faces formidable opposition from the industry, current regulators and a senior House lawmaker who recently blasted the idea.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Christopher Dodd" href="/topic/Christopher+Dodd" &gt;Christopher Dodd&lt;/a&gt;, chairman of the &lt;a title="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs" href="/topic/U.S.+Senate+Committee+on+...</summary><category term="Economies"></category><category term="U.S. Economy"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Public Finance"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="Banking Services"></category><category term="Regional Banks and Savings Institutions"></category><category term="Central Banking"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs"></category><category term="Barney Frank"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="New York"></category><category term="Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation"></category><category term="U.S. House of Representatives"></category><category term="U.S. Federal Reserve"></category><category term="United Kingdom"></category><category term="American International Group Inc."></category><category term="Europe"></category><category term="Western Europe"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="Sheila Bair"></category><category term="Office of Thrift Supervision"></category><category term="American Bankers Association"></category><category term="Office of the Comptroller of the Currency"></category><category term="Independent Community Bankers of America"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Clare Baldwin"></category><category term="Karey Wutkowski"></category></entry><entry><title>Dodd Offers Regulation Bill</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/dodd-offers-regulation-bill-2766236a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-22T12:52:17Z</updated><author><name>SeekingAlpha</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-10-22:/financial-regulatory-policy/dodd-offers-regulation-bill-2766236a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Economies"></category><category term="U.S. Economy"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Public Finance"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="Banking Services"></category><category term="Regional Banks and Savings Institutions"></category><category term="Central Banking"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. House Committee on Financial Services"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="Barney Frank"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation"></category><category term="U.S. House of Representatives"></category><category term="U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission"></category><category term="U.S. Federal Reserve"></category><category term="Connecticut"></category><category term="United Kingdom"></category><category term="Massachusetts"></category><category term="Commodity Futures Trading Commission"></category><category term="Western Europe"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="Office of Thrift Supervision"></category><category term="Bernie Sanders"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Kevin Drawbaugh"></category><category term="Consumer Financial Protection Agency"></category><category term="James Kwak"></category><category term="National Insurance Office"></category><category term="Financial Stability Agency"></category><category term="Stacey Kapur"></category><category term="Office of the Controller"></category></entry><entry><title>Senate Dems move to curb Fed's powers</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/senate-dems-move-curb-feds-powers-736463a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-12T15:44:49Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-12:/financial-regulatory-policy/senate-dems-move-curb-feds-powers-736463a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Senate Dems: Strip the Fed's regulatory powers, have new agencies police &lt;a title="Wall Street" href="/topic/Wall+Street" &gt;Wall Street&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Senate &lt;a title="U.S. Democratic Party" href="/topic/U.S.+Democratic+Party" &gt;Democrats&lt;/a&gt; on Tuesday proposed stripping the &lt;a title="U.S. Federal Reserve" href="/topic/U.S.+Federal+Reserve" &gt;Federal Reserve&lt;/a&gt; of its supervisory powers and creating instead three new federal agencies to police banks, protect consumers and dis...</summary><category term="Consumer Protection"></category><category term="Economies"></category><category term="U.S. Economy"></category><category term="Economic Issues"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Public Finance"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="Banking Services"></category><category term="Central Banking"></category><category term="Economic Crisis"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. House Committee on Financial Services"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs"></category><category term="Barney Frank"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="Wall Street"></category><category term="Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation"></category><category term="U.S. House of Representatives"></category><category term="U.S. Federal Reserve"></category><category term="Connecticut"></category><category term="Tennessee"></category><category term="U.S. Democratic Party"></category><category term="Financial Rescue Plans"></category><category term="Mark Warner"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Office of Thrift Supervision"></category><category term="American Bankers Association"></category><category term="Bob Corker"></category><category term="Office of the Comptroller of the Currency"></category><category term="Edward Yingling"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Consumer Financial Protection Agency"></category><category term="Agency for Financial Stability"></category></entry><entry><title>FDIC's Bair: must pre-fund financial firm unwinding</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/fdics-bair-prefund-financial-firm-unwinding-736814a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-25T19:51:49Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Business News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-25:/financial-regulatory-policy/fdics-bair-prefund-financial-firm-unwinding-736814a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - A reserve fund must be established ahead of time to give the government the working capital it needs to dismantle large, troubled financial companies, a top &lt;a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" &gt;U.S.&lt;/a&gt; bank regulator said on Tuesday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Sheila Bair" href="/topic/Sheila+Bair" &gt;Sheila Bair&lt;/a&gt;, chairman of the &lt;a title="Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation" href...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. House Committee on Financial Services"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Barney Frank"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="New York"></category><category term="Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation"></category><category term="U.S. House of Representatives"></category><category term="U.S. Federal Reserve"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="Timothy Geithner"></category><category term="Financial Rescue Plans"></category><category term="Sheila Bair"></category><category term="Institute of International Bankers"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Clare Baldwin"></category><category term="Karey Wutkowski"></category><category term="Gerald E. McCormick"></category></entry><entry><title>The Dodd Bill: Generally Very Good</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-rescue-plans/dodd-bill-generally-good-2765898a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-22T12:51:43Z</updated><author><name>SeekingAlpha</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-10-22:/financial-rescue-plans/dodd-bill-generally-good-2765898a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Economies"></category><category term="U.S. Economy"></category><category term="Personal Finance"></category><category term="Financial Planning"></category><category term="Personal Investing"></category><category term="Economic Issues"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="Public Finance"></category><category term="Banking Services"></category><category term="Regional Banks and Savings Institutions"></category><category term="Central Banking"></category><category term="Economic Crisis"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation"></category><category term="U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission"></category><category term="U.S. Federal Reserve"></category><category term="Federal Reserve Bank of New York"></category><category term="Financial Rescue Plans"></category><category term="Office of the Comptroller of the Currency"></category><category term="Office of National Insurance"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Consumer Financial Protection Agency"></category><category term="Agency for Financial Stability"></category><category term="Office of Thrift Savings"></category></entry><entry><title>Dodd set to unveil financial reform bill</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/dodd-set-unveil-financial-reform-bill-735610a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-12T15:44:53Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Politics News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-12:/financial-regulatory-policy/dodd-set-unveil-financial-reform-bill-735610a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - &lt;a title="Christopher Dodd" href="/topic/Christopher+Dodd" &gt;Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd&lt;/a&gt; will unveil long-awaited draft legislation on financial regulation reform on Tuesday, his office said on Monday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Marking another step forward in a bid by the &lt;a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" &gt;Obama administration&lt;/a&gt; and congressional &lt;a title="U.S. Democratic Par...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="Banking Services"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission"></category><category term="U.S. Federal Reserve"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="U.S. Democratic Party"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Jaret Seiberg"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Karey Wutkowski"></category><category term="Rachelle Younglai"></category><category term="Kirstin Brost"></category><category term="Consumer Financial Protection Agency"></category></entry><entry><title>SEC funding shift in Senate's draft financial fix</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/sec-funding-shift-senates-draft-financial-fix-735738a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-25T19:53:21Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-25:/financial-regulatory-policy/sec-funding-shift-senates-draft-financial-fix-735738a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Change that would boost SEC funding part of draft Senate legislation on financial overhaul&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Measures that would significantly boost funding for the &lt;a title="U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission" href="/topic/U.S.+Securities+and+Exchange+Commission" &gt;Securities and Exchange Commission&lt;/a&gt; as well as give shareholders a say on executive pay are included in draft financial overhaul legislation in the Senate, a person familiar with the matter said Monday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a ...</summary><category term="Jobs and Labor"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. House Committee on Financial Services"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="U.S. Department of the Treasury"></category><category term="Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation"></category><category term="U.S. House of Representatives"></category><category term="U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission"></category><category term="U.S. Federal Reserve"></category><category term="Mary Schapiro"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="Bernard Madoff"></category><category term="Employee Compensation"></category><category term="Charles Schumer"></category><category term="Anne Flaherty"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Dollar"></category></entry><entry><title>Senator Dodd seen releasing draft financial bill Tuesday</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/senator-dodd-releasing-draft-financial-bill-tuesday-735393a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-25T19:53:52Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Politics News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-25:/financial-regulatory-policy/senator-dodd-releasing-draft-financial-bill-tuesday-735393a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - &lt;a title="Christopher Dodd" href="/topic/Christopher+Dodd" &gt;Senator Christopher Dodd&lt;/a&gt;, the chairman of the &lt;a title="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs" href="/topic/U.S.+Senate+Committee+on+Banking%2c+Housing%2c+and+Urban+Affairs" &gt;Senate Banking Committee&lt;/a&gt;, was expected to release on Tuesday a long-awaited draft bill on financial regulation reform, said three lobbyis...</summary><category term="Consumer Protection"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="Political Lobbyists"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="Banking Services"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category></entry><entry><title>Sen Dodd sees financial reform bill by December</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-regulatory-policy/sen-dodd-sees-financial-reform-bill-december-732555a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-12T15:44:53Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Politics News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-06-12:/financial-regulatory-policy/sen-dodd-sees-financial-reform-bill-december-732555a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - U.S. Senate &lt;a title="Christopher Dodd" href="/topic/Christopher+Dodd" &gt;Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd&lt;/a&gt; said on Wednesday he hoped to move a financial reform bill out of committee by early December adding it would contain a consumer protection provision.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"My hope is to be able to finish a mark-up of our bill sometime the end of this month, the early part of next month," Dodd tol...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="Political Lobbyists"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="Banking Services"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. House Committee on Financial Services"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation"></category><category term="U.S. House of Representatives"></category><category term="U.S. Federal Reserve"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="U.S. Democratic Party"></category><category term="Richard Shelby"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Office of Thrift Supervision"></category><category term="Office of the Comptroller of the Currency"></category><category term="Financial Regulatory Policy"></category><category term="Kirstin Brost"></category><category term="Consumer Financial Protection Agency"></category></entry><entry><title>GMAC posts Q3 loss, hurt by mortgage unit</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/financial-rescue-plans/gmac-posts-q3-loss-hurt-mortgage-unit-732354a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T09:21:31Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Business News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-04-16:/financial-rescue-plans/gmac-posts-q3-loss-hurt-mortgage-unit-732354a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - &lt;a title="GMAC LLC" href="/topic/GMAC+LLC" &gt;GMAC Financial Services&lt;/a&gt;, a lender that has received $12.5 billion in government bailouts, posted a third straight quarterly loss on Wednesday, hurt by red ink in its mortgage business.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The third-quarter net loss for &lt;a title="Detroit" href="/topic/Detroit" &gt;Detroit&lt;/a&gt;-based GMAC was $767 million, compared with a loss of $2.5 billion a year earlier....</summary><category term="Company Activities and Information"></category><category term="Corporate Reporting"></category><category term="Earnings and Losses"></category><category term="Personal Finance"></category><category term="Consumer Credit and Debt"></category><category term="Auto Financing"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="Public Finance"></category><category term="Credit Services and Intermediation"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="U.S. Department of the Treasury"></category><category term="U.S. Federal Reserve"></category><category term="United Kingdom"></category><category term="Italy"></category><category term="Europe"></category><category term="South America"></category><category term="Western Europe"></category><category term="Argentina"></category><category term="Detroit"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="CBS Corporation"></category><category term="Chrysler LLC"></category><category term="General Motors Corporation"></category><category term="GMAC LLC"></category><category term="Financial Rescue Plans"></category><category term="Bobby Hull"></category><category term="Cerberus Capital Management LP"></category><category term="John Wallace"></category><category term="Southern Europe"></category><category term="Andy Sullivan"></category><category term="Ally Bank"></category></entry><entry><title>Dodd Mixed Legacy</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/photo/dodd-mixed-legacy-2404046p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-30T08:31:53Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-12-30:/photo/dodd-mixed-legacy-2404046p/</id><summary type="html">In this Dec. 13, 2010 photo, &lt;a title="Christopher Dodd" href="/topic/Christopher+Dodd" &gt;Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn.&lt;/a&gt;, is reflected in a glass panel as he speaks to an audience during a visit to the &lt;a title="Community Foundation of Greater New Haven" href="/topic/Community+Foundation+of+Greater+New+Haven" &gt;Community Foundation of Greater New Haven&lt;/a&gt; to discuss the &lt;a title="Family and Medical Leave Act" href="/topic/Family+and+Medical+Leave+Act" &gt;Family Medical Leave Act&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a title...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="Jessica Hill"></category><category term="Family and Medical Leave Act"></category><category term="New Haven (Connecticut)"></category><category term="Community Foundation of Greater New Haven"></category></entry><entry><title>Dodd Farewell Speech</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/photo/dodd-farewell-speech-2389977p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-30T14:32:50Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-11-30:/photo/dodd-farewell-speech-2389977p/</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="Christopher Dodd" href="/topic/Christopher+Dodd" &gt;Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn.&lt;/a&gt;, speaks to a reporter as he leaves the Democratic policy luncheon on &lt;a title="Capitol Hill" href="/topic/Capitol+Hill" &gt;Capitol Hill&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a title="Washington, DC" href="/topic/Washington%2c+DC" &gt;Washington&lt;/a&gt;, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. Dodd delivers his final speech on the floor of the Senate in Washington, reflecting on his public service.   (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)&lt;div id="copyright"&gt;&lt;div&gt;
 ...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Parties"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Capitol Hill"></category><category term="U.S. Liberal Politics"></category></entry><entry><title>Foreclosure Mess</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/photo/foreclosure-mess-2382412p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-16T17:32:24Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-11-16:/photo/foreclosure-mess-2382412p/</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs" href="/topic/U.S.+Senate+Committee+on+Banking%2c+Housing%2c+and+Urban+Affairs" &gt;Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee&lt;/a&gt; Chairman &lt;a title="Christopher Dodd" href="/topic/Christopher+Dodd" &gt;Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn.&lt;/a&gt;, speaks during a hearing on problems in mortgage servicing from modification to foreclosure on &lt;a title="Capitol Hill" href="/topic/Capitol+Hill" &gt;Capitol Hill&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a title="Washington,...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="Credit Services and Intermediation"></category><category term="Mortgage Banking and Services"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Capitol Hill"></category></entry><entry><title>Financial Meltdown</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/photo/financial-meltdown-2382405p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-16T17:32:15Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-11-16:/photo/financial-meltdown-2382405p/</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs" href="/topic/U.S.+Senate+Committee+on+Banking%2c+Housing%2c+and+Urban+Affairs" &gt;Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee&lt;/a&gt; Chairman &lt;a title="Christopher Dodd" href="/topic/Christopher+Dodd" &gt;Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn.&lt;/a&gt;, speaks during a hearing on problems in mortgage servicing from modification to foreclosure on &lt;a title="Capitol Hill" href="/topic/Capitol+Hill" &gt;Capitol Hill&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a title="Washington,...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="Credit Services and Intermediation"></category><category term="Mortgage Banking and Services"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Capitol Hill"></category></entry><entry><title>Connecticut Senate</title><link href="http://economicpolicyinfo.com/photo/connecticut-senate-2372940p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-01T06:31:46Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:economicpolicyinfo.com,2010-11-01:/photo/connecticut-senate-2372940p/</id><summary type="html">Democratic candidate for &lt;a title="U.S. Senate" href="/topic/U.S.+Senate" &gt;U.S. Senate&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a title="Richard Blumenthal" href="/topic/Richard+Blumenthal" &gt;Richard Blumenthal&lt;/a&gt; gives the thumbs up to an audience during a rally at the &lt;a title="University of Hartford" href="/topic/University+of+Hartford" &gt;University of Hartford&lt;/a&gt; in West &lt;a title="Hartford (Connecticut)" href="/topic/Hartford+(Connecticut)" &gt;Hartford, Conn.&lt;/a&gt;, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2010. The Connecticut Attorney General Blument...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Elections and Voting"></category><category term="Political Parties"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="Professional Wrestling"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Senate"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="University of Hartford"></category><category term="World Wrestling Entertainment Inc."></category><category term="Hartford (Connecticut)"></category><category term="Richard Blumenthal"></category><category term="Linda McMahon"></category><category term="Jessica Hill"></category><category term="Congressional and Parliamentary Elections"></category><category term="U.S. Liberal Politics"></category><category term="U.S. State Politics"></category><category term="Connecticut Politics"></category></entry></feed>
