With so much talk lately around the possibly of the soon-to-be-installed Trump Administration rolling back regulations for the financial industry, the House Financial Services Committee Chairman is making his case for the Republicans’ Dodd-Frank alternative, the Financial CHOICE Act.
Read More »Obama, Warren Assess Progress of Wall Street Reform
President Obama met with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the primary architect of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and a champion of Wall Street reform, over the weekend to talk about how far the American financial system has come since the crisis.
Read More »Should Regulations Get Tougher for Wall Street?
In the midst of a heated debate in Congress where Republicans are trying to replace Dodd-Frank with a proposal of their own, a poll showed bi-partisan support for greater financial accountability and tougher regulation.
Read More »Democrats on Wall Street: Break Up Big Banks & Reinstall Glass-Steagall
Democratic presidential candidates deliberated recently in their second primary debate, ultimately determining that something must be done about Wall Street banks.
Read More »House Committee Determines Dodd-Frank Limits Americans’ Financial Freedom
Hensarling went on to say that Dodd-Frank exemplifies the "insidious belief" among those in Washington that the American people cannot be trusted to make financial decisions, so Washington must do it for them.
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