Paul Kanjorski

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Fed Chairman Blames Banks For Continued High Unemployment

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Ben Bernake, Too Big to Fail, John Reed, Paul Volcker, Mervyn King, Bank Lending, Tbtf, Paul Kanjorski, Bailout, Banks, Financial Crisis, Ben Bernanke, Glass-Steagall, Business News

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Monday blamed banks for slowing the recovery and keeping unemployment high. Despite hundreds of billions i...

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The End of 'Too Big to Fail'

Rep. Paul Kanjorski | Posted 11.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Tarp, Wall Street Bailout, Bailout, Paul Kanjorski, Wall Street, Financial Reform, Too Big to Fail, Financial Crisis, Financial Regulation, Business News

The economic meltdown we narrowly averted last year rightfully convinced the American people that we need to re-examine the fundamental structure of our financial system. Naturally, Wall Street disagrees.

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Wall Street Bank Lobby Faces 'Live Ammo' As Lawmakers Ponder Breaking Up Big Banks

bloomberg.com | Alison Vekshin and Robert Schmidt | Posted 11.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Bank Lobby, Bank of America, Citigroup, Wall Street, Lobbying, Financial Services Forum, Lobbyists, Paul Kanjorski, Glass-Steagall, Too Big to Fail. Financial Reform, Business News

Nov. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Seven Wall Street lobbyists trooped to Capitol Hill on Nov. 9, hoping to convince Representative Paul Kanjorski's staff that hi...

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How Credit Raters Fended Off Oversight From Congress And The SEC

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Ben Protess and Lagan Sebert | Posted 11.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Christopher Dodd, Paul Kanjorski, Chuck Shumer, Securities and Exchange Commission, Charles Schumer, Regulatory Reform, Derivatives, Floyd Abrams, Financial Crisis, Credit Rating Agencies, Sec, Chris Dodd, Huffington Posts Investigative Fund, Business News

Editor's Note: This is the second of three articles by the Investigative Fund on the credit rating companies. Read the first article here. When the n...

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10 Years Ago Today, Congress Allowed For "Too Big To Fail"

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 11.05.2009 | Business

On the 10th anniversary of Congress voting to repeal the law that had long separated Main Street commercial banking from Wall Street investment bankin...

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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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Kanjorski Brings In Big Bucks From Wall Street, Declines To Reveal Guests At Fundraiser

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Transparency, Paul Kanjorski, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Fundraising, House Financial Services Committee, Party Crasher, Politics News

Rep. Paul Kanjorski (D-Pa.), a senior member of the House Financial Services Committee, raised $164,500 from finance, insurance, and real estate inter...

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AIG and the Rest of the Looters

Rick Horowitz | Posted 04.24.2009 | Business

What if the regulators were better rewarded for their efforts? Much better rewarded? What if they could keep some hefty percentage of the proceeds of every scam they uncovered, every scheme they shut down?

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Elijah Cummings Knew About $1 Billion in AIG Bonuses for "Months" -- Why Didn't Timothy Geithner?

Jane Hamsher | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Elijah Cummings, Aig, Bailout, Massimo Calibresi, Time Magazine, David Cho, Paul Kanjorski, Ben Bernanke, Jeff Mason, Washington Post, Bonuses, Reuters, Edward Liddy, Michael D. Scher, Politics News

Cummings' statements, if true, mean that many journalists have been fed a bill of goods by their "anonymous" administration sources.

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Bipartisan Congressional Panel Calls For Reform Of Mark-To-Market Accounting Rules

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Paul Kanjorski, Mark-to-Market Accounting Rules, Mark-to-Marketing, Financial Services Subcommittee Hearing, Mark to Marketing, Politics News

A bipartisan panel of legislators pressed for changes to mark-to-market accounting rules on Thursday, telling a trio of regulators that the accounting...

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Mark-To-Market Accounting To Get Public Hearing

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Paul Kanjorski, Mark-to-Market Accounting, Barney Frank, Politics News

Mark-to-market accounting is due to get a public hearing in March, Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski (D-Penn.) announced Thursday. The accounting practice requir...

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Key Democrat Slams Stimulus, Predicts More Bailouts

The Hill | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tarp, TARP Money, Obama TARP, Stimulus, Obama Tarp Money, Economic Stimulus Package, Paul Kanjorski, First 100 Days, 100 Days, Obama First 100 Days, Kanjorski, Economic Stimulus, House Financial Services Committee, Stimulus Bill, Politics News

A key Democrat on Tuesday lambasted the economic stimulus bill that is headed to the House floor, claiming it was put together too quickly and won't h...

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