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The Dodd-Frank Act is being voted on by the House this upcoming Wednesday. In mid-April, Republicans proposed a reform to the financial system, The Financial Choice Act, which is essentially an “off-ramp” for financial institutions. Find this and more in the Week Ahead.

In a rare show of bipartisanship, Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) and David Vitter (R-Louisiana) joined four other senators and nine House members in a letter that warned against a weak proposed rule that signers said would fail to place "meaningful restrictions" on its ability to bail out financial institutions.