Mr. Kanjorski is the second-ranking Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee and stood to inherit the top seat if panel chairman Rep. Barney...

In yet another sign that the country can't rely solely on regulators to police the financial system, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told Congress...

In a maddening exchange today between former Lehman Brothers CEO Richard Fuld and Rep. Paul Kanjorski (D - PA.) in front of the House Financial Servic...

The Kanjorski amendment is important for the next time a major bank gets into serious trouble. Judging from their current swagger and the slogans you hear from top bankers, we only have to wait a few years for the next bailout cycle.

As legislation on restructuring the banking industry moves forward, attention on Capitol Hill is increasingly drawn to the issue of bank size. Should ...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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?