Obama Financial Reform

Wall Street to Obama: Thanks for Saving Our Jobs and Bonuses, Now F*** Off

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 05.18.2012

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Miles Mogulescu

Now that President Obama's views on gay marriage have "evolved," it's time for his views on Wall Street to likewise "evolve" and for Obama to forcefully campaign to break the stranglehold of Too Big To Fail banks on the economy.

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President Obama Needs to Get Serious About the Financial Crimes Unit

Becky Bond | Posted 04.09.2012

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Becky Bond

President Obama needs to give the Department of Justice task force the resources required to launch a serious investigation that will bring about real accountability before the statutes of limitations run out for Wall Street's crimes.

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Shahien Nasiripour

New Financial Reform Law Could Have Resolved Lehman, Regulator Argues

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 06.18.2011

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The failure of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., which caused financial panic and sent markets into a tailspin, could have been avoided had last year's f...

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Shahien Nasiripour

Trillion-Dollar Banks Could Get Bigger Under Financial Overhaul Law

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The nation's four biggest banks can grow even bigger, with the potential to add at least another trillion dollars onto their balance she...

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Bank Reform Groups Celebrate Final Passage

Mary Bottari | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mary Bottari

After a classic David and Goliath showdown between Wall Street might and a small band of reformers, a 2,000 page Wall Street reform bill passed the U....

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Ryan Grim

Wall Street Reform Passes

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nearly two years after major banks brought the global financial system to the brink of collapse, triggering a steep economic decline and crisis-levels...

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Brian Moynihan, Bank Of America CEO, Obama's New Wall Street Ally

Bloomberg | Julianna Goldman and Hans Nichols | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Obama administration has found a banker it can do business with: Bank of America Corp.'s Brian Moynihan....

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Eliot Spitzer: How Washington Blew Its Chance for Wall Street Reform

Slate Magazine | Eliot Spitzer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Even acknowledging the truism that making laws is like making sausage, often leading any observer toward becoming a vegetarian, if not a vegan, some l...

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Obama Hails House Passage Of Financial Reform

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says House passage of a massive overhaul of financial regulations is a victory for everyone who was hurt by ...

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Obama Slams GOP For Obstructing Wall Street Reform, Being Out Of Touch On The Economy

AP | JULIE PACE | Posted 05.25.2011

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RACINE, Wis. — Sensitive to election-year resentment over big government, President Barack Obama declared Wednesday he intends to get "our debt ...

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Arthur Levitt Q&A On Financial Reform: "Changes Are At The Margins"

ProPublica | Karen Weise | Posted 05.25.2011

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After a 20-hour, all-night session, Senate and House negotiators agreed last Friday on a compromise financial reform bill meant to prevent future econ...

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Judd Gregg and Ben Nelson: More Socialism Please

Dylan Ratigan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dylan Ratigan

In their current form, derivatives are basically government insurance for banks where taxpayers pay the claims. And politicians like Gregg and Nelson are fighting to keep the crooked $600 trillion derivatives market unreformed.

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Reformers, All! The GOP Would Like to Explain

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rick Horowitz

It took us years to get into the mess we're in. Why shouldn't it take us just as long to get out?

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Obama Weekly Address: President Urges Congress To Pass Financial Reform Bill (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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ALAN FRAM, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama prodded Congress on Saturday to send him financial overhaul legislation, saying the ...

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'13 Bankers': If The Megabanks Are Too Powerful To Regulate, Then They're Too Powerful To Shrink

Noam Scheiber | Posted 05.25.2011

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Noam Scheiber

Anyone can talk tough when markets are calm. But in the middle of a financial crisis it takes a special breed of hard-ass to insist on haircuts, since no one can be sure that squeezing creditors won't shut down the entire bond market.

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Gretchen Morgenson: Leading Financial Reform Proposals Won't Stop 'Bailout Buffet'

New York Times | GRETCHEN MORGENSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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EVERY once in a while, Congress awakens from its lobbyist-induced torpor, realizes that the masses are cranky and sets out to appease them. Such a mom...

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Bloomberg Critiques Obama's Financial Plan

The New York Observer | Azi Paybarah | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Bloomberg did an impressive job of praising Barack Obama while outlining, in detail, what he doesn't like about Obama's financial regulatory p...

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Shahien Nasiripour

Obama Cooper Union Speech: Financial Reform Speech To Keep Pressure On Wall Street

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

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With Goldman Sachs's top leaders in attendance, President Barack Obama urged financial executives to work with him in passing the financial reform bil...

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The Speech: The Good, The Bad and The Missing

Dylan Ratigan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dylan Ratigan

The revolving door between government regulators and the high-paying banks they supposedly regulate remains as fluid as ever. None of what Obama said today matters while our cops still work for the crooks.

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Make the Call or Get Out of the Booth: After the President's "Wall Street" Speech

Simon Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Simon Johnson

The president's rhetoric today at Cooper Union was commendable. But there is still the awkward question of legislation that would actually reduce the political power of big banks.

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Strategy Corner: Time for a New Kind of Bold from President Obama

Mark Penn | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mark Penn

The administration's calculus that unpopular legislative success can translate into big November wins simply doesn't add up. Unless the administration finds a new strategy, they're facing electoral retribution on a scale unseen since 1994.

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Obama To Cooper Union: President Heads To New York To Talk Financial Reform

AP | MARK S. SMITH | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is heading to New York City later this week to push for a financial overhaul package in a venue rich with pr...

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Bloomberg Learned Of Obama's New York Trip From 'Blogs'

Posted 05.25.2011

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Oops! It looks like Mayor Bloomberg was left out of the loop regarding President Obama's upcoming trip to New York. The mayor and his staff received...

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Mitch McConnell Accuses Obama Of Politicizing Financial Reform Bill

Posted 05.25.2011

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Responding to criticism leveled by President Barack Obama in his weekly video address, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell accused the president on...

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Obama Slams GOP Obstruction On Financial Reform In Weekly Address (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press WASHINGTON - The U.S. is destined to endure a new economic crisis that sticks taxpayers with the bill unless Con...

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