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Democratic Senator Takes On Wall Street Behind The Scenes

The New York Times | Timothy Egan | Posted 01.11.2012

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SEATTLE -- Crawling along a ledge leading to the 13,775-foot summit of Grand Teton two months ago, Senator Maria Cantwell, Democrat of Washington, pau...

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Zach Carter

Patent Reform Bill Passes Congress After Final Round Of Votes On Special Interest Favors

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 11.08.2011

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WASHINGTON -- As expected, the U.S. Senate passed patent reform legislation by a vote of 89 to 9 on Thursday evening, paving the way for the bill to b...

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WATCH: Exxon CEO Blames Wall Street For High Gas Prices

Posted 07.12.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Exxon Mobil Chairman and CEO Rex Tillerson said Thursday that heavy Wall Street trading has driven up the price of oil well beyond the l...

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Shahien Nasiripour

Senator Says Loophole In Derivatives Regulation Undermines Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 11.20.2009

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The effort to impose new restrictions on the financial system falls short of true reform if there's a gigantic loophole for foreign exchange derivativ...

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Scaling Back Our Bloated Financial Sector

Zach Carter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Zach Carter

Individual oversized banks are not the only problem Big Finance poses to the economy -- the overall sector is much too large.

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CFTC Gets Derivatives Advice From Industry Insiders

HuffPost Investigative Fund | Keith Epstein And Ben Protess | Posted 05.25.2011

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Like many federal agencies contemplating reform these days, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission is hearing a lot from the industry it regulates...

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Ride the Populist Wave: Restore Glass-Steagall!

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Populism is not so much a political stance (as "conservatism" is, for instance) as it is a political tactic. Meaning it can be used equally well by either side of our current American political divide.

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