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Federal Reserve Loses Expanded Powers Proposed By Obama Administration

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 11.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Fdic, Occ, Tbtf, Barney Frank, Too Big to Fail, John Dugan, Financial Crisis, Federal Reserve, Obama Administration, Comptroller of the Currency, Sheila Bair, Business News

The pushback against an omnipotent Federal Reserve keeps growing. A top Congressional leader said Thursday that the Fed will not have the power to ov...

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Chris Dodd's New Legislation Would Strip Power From Fed, FDIC

wsj.com | DAMIAN PALETTA | Posted 11.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Fdic, White House, Barney Frank, Financial Reform, Federal Reserve, Chris Dodd, Ben Bernanke, Sheila Bair, Too Big to Fail, Barack Obama, Financial Regulation, Business News

WASHINGTON -- A key Senate lawmaker is readying legislation that would dramatically redraw how the financial system is regulated, setting the chamber ...

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Barney Frank Reconsiders Derivatives Rules: "There May Be A Problem Here"

boston.com | Michael Kranish | Posted 11.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Derivatives Measure, Senator Maria Cantwell, Derivatives Rules, Americans for Financial Reform, Commodities Futures Trading Commission, Derivatives Reform, Barney Frank, Derivatives Trading, Gary Gensler, Securities and Exchange Commission, Heather Booth, House Financial Services Committee, Barney Frank Legislation, Business News

WASHINGTON -- House Financial Services Committee chairman Barney Frank, under fire from some fellow Democrats and consumer groups for carving out what...

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House Panel Votes To Permanently Exempt Small Firms From Part Of Post-Enron Law

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 11.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Worldcom, Scott Garrett, Arthur Levitt, Barney Frank, Enron, Obama Administration, Investors, John Adler, Rahm Emanuel, Mary Schapiro, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Financial Crisis, Sec, Securities and Exchange Commission, Business News

A House panel voted Wednesday to permanently exempt more than half of all publicly traded companies from a seven-year-old post-Enron measure designed ...

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ReThink Review: Outrage -- One Reason Why the Bird/Shepard Hate Crimes Act Took So Long

Jonathan Kim | Posted 11.03.2009 | Entertainment

And the main reason is because hatred/fear of gays is running neck-and-neck with hatred/fear of government for the most defining, unifying characteristic of the "modern" republican party.

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Obama Administration Helps House Democrat Gut Post-Enron Reforms

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 11.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Scott Garrett, Arthur Levitt, Barney Frank, Obama Administration, Carolyn Maloney, John Adler, Paul Kanjorski, Consumer Federation of America, Rahm Emanuel, Mary Schapiro, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Financial Crisis, Investor-Protections, Securities and Exchange Commission, Business News

With the White House's blessing, a House panel voted Tuesday to water down a key post-Enron measure designed to protect investors. In a voice vote, m...

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New "Too Big To Fail" Bill Gives Feds Power To Freeze Derivatives Contracts

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 11.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Fdic, Derivatives, Barney Frank, Too Big to Fail, Aig, Credit Default Swaps, Michael Krimminger, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Tbtf, Lehman Brothers, Isda, Financial Crisis, Systemic Risk Regulator, Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy, Systemic Risk, Business News

The "Too Big To Fail" legislation currently being debated by a House committee has been widely criticized as toothless. But one provision gives the fe...

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The House Financial Reform Bill: Don't Touch the Banks, Get a Smarter Fed

Dean Baker | Posted 11.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Banks, Bailouts, Financial Reform, Barney Frank, Too Big to Fail, Financial Crisis, Financial Regulation, House Financial Services Committee, Business News

The only people who seem to stand outside the consensus that too-big-to-fail banks are unacceptable are those who hold power and are steering the process of financial reform.

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Federal Reserve Tours Foreclosed Homes: "Very Sobering"

The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Foreclosure Crisis, Sandra-Braunstein, Barney Frank, Ponzi Scheme, Federal Reserve, Brockton Interfaith Community, Bearing Witness, Lillie Greene, Charles Harrison, Rachelle Rand, Eviction Defense Network, Unemployment, Bearing Witness 2.0, Leah Simon-Weidberg, Foreclosure, Joe Jones, Business News

As part of its Bearing Witness 2.0 project, the Huffington Post is rounding up a few of the best local stories of the day. Representatives of the F...

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Homeowners: "Hey Congress, Get Off Your A**"

Richard Zombeck | Posted 11.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Mortgages, John Tierney, Congress, Making Home Affordable, Barney Frank, Martha Coakley, Foreclosure, Loan Modifications, Mortgage, Banks, Business News

Our fearless leaders and elected officials don't really seem to have much to say when it comes to hundreds of foreclosures a week - and that's just in their own districts.

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Barney Frank Disagrees With Obama On Fund, May Face Fight With Some Financial Firms

bloomberg.com | Alison Vekshin | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: JP Morgan Chase, Treasury Department, Shareholders, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., Barney Frank, Bloomberg Television, Aig, Obama Administration, Regulate Financial Firms, Financial Services Roundtable, Goldman Sachs, U.S. House Financial Services Committee, Financial Firms, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Timothy Geithner, Sheila Bair, Political Capital With Al Hunt, Scott Talbott, Politics News

Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Barney Frank, chairman of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee, reversed course on paying to unwind failed financial fi...

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Democrats: Overdraft Fees Must Be Curtailed

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 10.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Senate Banking Committee, Barney Frank, Christopher Dodd, Banks, Overdraft Fees, Overdraft Protection, House Financial Services Committee, Business News

WASHINGTON — Senior congressional Democrats say legislation is still needed to limit how lenders charge customers who overspend on their account...

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Fed Regional Bank Heads: Congress Threatening Central Bank's Autonomy

bloomberg.com | Scott Lanman | Posted 10.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Charles Plosser, Barney Frank, Bernanke, Christopher Dodd, Federal Reserve, Monetary Policy, Banks, Thomas Hoenig, Regional Banks, Business News

Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve regional bank presidents are trying to ward off congressional efforts to weaken their clout, saying the moves m...

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An Object Lesson In Governmental Failure: Derivatives Reform

Harpers | Ken Silverstein | Posted 10.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Derivatives, Barney Frank, House Financial Services Committee, Derivatives Reform, Business News

If you want to understand why Congress seems completely incapable of checking the power of Wall Street, look back to a hearing on the Hill last Octobe...

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Frank Says "Too Big To Fail" Bill Will Be Changed

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 10.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Wall Street Bailout, Tbtf, Bailout, Tim Geithner, Barney Frank, Too Big to Fail, John Dugan, Financial Crisis, Banks, Timothy Geithner, Sheila Bair, Business News

Democrats and Republicans ripped into Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner during a Congressional hearing Thursday, as Geithner defended an administrat...

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Too Big to Jail

Norb Vonnegut | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Hedge Fund, Wall Street, Private Wealth Management, Tarp, Norb Vonnegut, Barney Frank, Banks, Business News

Uncle Sam is wrestling how to govern organizations vital to our nation's economic welfare. I'd rather see legislators focus on leverage and preventive cures than after-the-fact remedies like "amending loans."

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Barney Frank: No More Secret Agreements Between Regulators and Banks

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business

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Updated at 7:45 p.m. ET Every action taken by federal regulators against large, systemically-important financial firms -- those commonly referred to ...

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Geithner Testimony: New "Too Big To Fail" Legislation Won't Lead To More Bailouts

AP | JIM KUHNHENN and ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Aig, Chrysler, Gm, Lehman Brothers, Federal Reserve Board, Tim Geithner, Barney Frank, Freddi Mac, Fannie Mae, Daniel Tarullo, Bailout, Too Big Too Fail, Geithner Testimony, House Financial Services Committee, Financial Crisis, Fiscal Policy, Business News

WASHINGTON — An Obama administration plan to dissolve large, struggling financial firms rather than bail them out is encountering Republican res...

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Investor Protection Act: Dems Square Off Against Republicans On Shareholders' Rights

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Shareholders, Mike Castle, Barney Frank, Preemption, Financial Crisis, Maxine Waters, Chamber of Commerce, Proxy Access, US Chamber of Commerce, Federal-Preemption, Business News

Democrats and Republicans faced off Wednesday in a congressional debate over whether shareholders should have an easier time nominating directors to c...

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Labor Leader Trumka To Testify Against "Reform" Bill Deemed "TARP on Steroids"

Mike Elk | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Bailout, Showdown in Chicago, Barney Frank, Wall Street, Tarp, Ed Yingling, Republic Windows and Doors Chicago, Richard Trumka, Politics News

As Congressman Sherman put it, the current legislation meant to reform Wall Street would actually be like "TARP on steroids."

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Frank: Banks Shouldn't Pick Their Own Regulators

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Federal Reserve, Richard Shelby, Chris Dodd, Barney Frank, Politics News

House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank is backing his colleagues in the upper chamber who have called for an end to the practice of ...

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"Too Big To Fail" Bill Unveiled By Treasury Department, House Dems

The Huffington Post | Ryan MCCarthy | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Treasury Department, Financial Superfund, Barney Frank, Federal Reserve, Too Big Too Fail, Systemic Risk, House Financial Services Committee, Fiscal Policy, Business News

The Treasury Department and the House Financial Services Committee chairman Barney Frank (D - Mass.) last night unveiled a sweeping new bill that atte...

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GOP Tried To Block Elizabeth Warren From Heading Agency She Proposed

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Elizabeth Warren, Scott Garrett, Cfpa, Barney Frank, Elizabeth Warren GOP, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Elizabeth Warren CFPA, Barney Frank Elizabeth Warren, Politics News

The person leading a regulatory agency is often more important than the structure and the scope of its powers. Think of Alberto Gonzales or Elliot Spi...

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President Obama Gives In to Pressure; Orders 40,000 Gay Troops to Afghanistan

Lee Stranahan | Posted 10.27.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Orrin Hatch, Gay Rights, Afganistan Troop Increase, Rahm Emanuel, Afghanistan, Barney Frank, Comedy News

President Obama said the move was both a victory for human dignity and for pointless wars we can't possibly win.

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"Too Big To Fail" Legislation Is On The Way

New York Times | STEPHEN LABATON | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Goldman Saks, Congress, Economy, Bailouts, Obama, Too Big to Fail Bill, Legislation, Ben Bernanke, Aig, White House, Bailout, Federal Reserve, Lehman Brothers, Bofa, Treasury, Gop, Consumer Protection Agency, Financial Crisis, Paul Volcker, Wall Street, Citigroup, Bank of America, Derivatives, Ben Bernanke Federal Reserve, Democrats, Recession, Barney Frank, House, House Financial Services Committee, Senate, Barack Obama, Tim Geithner, Banks, Bonuses, Too Big to Fail, Executive Pay, Politics News

A senior administration official said on Sunday that after extensive consultations with Treasury Department officials, Representative Barney Frank, th...

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