Why haven't more lawmakers insisted on strict financial regulation? Maybe because that's not where the money is. Members of Congress who have calle...

Wall Street lobbyists are trying hard to weaken the extent to which the government can police a practice that played a central role in the 2008 financ...

The financial industry may have taken a hit during the Great Recession. But relative to the overall economy, it's bigger now than it was before Lehman...

The reason the recent developments are so remarkable is that all reforms tend to weaken as they get closer to passage, as legislators hash out comprom...

Back in action after its two-week recess, Congress will soon take up its latest daunting legislative battle: rewriting the rules of the American finan...

WASHINGTON — After meeting with bank executives, President Barack Obama noted "a big gap" between the CEOs and their lobbyists on his campaign t...