<![CDATA[Gut Check Time on Shackling Wall Street]]>

1.0 link 219870 <![CDATA[Gut Check Time on Shackling Wall Street]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-l-borosage/gut-check-time-on-shackli_b_219870.html The administration has rolled out its financial reform plan, which the president accurately calls the "the boldest set of reforms in financial regulation in 75 years."

Rep. Barney Frank, the chair of the House Banking Committee, promises to act rapidly, hoping to pass reforms by the end of the year. Best to move now while the banks are weak, goes the argument, than try to take them on when they are back on their feet.

The banking lobby has reacted...

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