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The NYT points out that while financial regulation laws were passed last year, the agencies it established have yet to be staffed. This has...

Yes and no according to this author : Here's the argument that it does not: In terms of immediate political stability, there is less...

From Deal Book : Wall Street has long stacked its ranks with Washington types. It is the elephant in the room of White House grand barga...

Over 700 firms hired almost 3000 lobbyists to address financial regulations passed last year.

Some checks and balances from Ezra Klein: Judges across the country are ruling foreclosures illegal because of faulty paperwork, report B...

I've been driving through the Ozarks the past few day (I'm sitting in a motel in Hot Springs Ark at the moment) so I've no had t...

NYT story here . Initial analysis here . Click here for bill summary of the Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 .

- A quick overview . - More detail .

The House and Senate finance reform bills ( H.R.4173 Title: Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 ) have gone a conference comm...

From the Center for Responsive Politics : Lobbyists for the financial services industry enjoy longstanding ties to the members of Congress w...

With apologies to the National Journal, here's another highly relevant article. It gets to the core of the ideological disputes that we...

More detail on a provision of the finance bill : Financial advisers have to take their clients interests into consideration when doing deals...

We should discuss the major components of the finance bill passed in the Senate soon. Here they are: - It provides for the oversight of sale...

Financial regulatory reform passes the Senate . Andrew Sullivan has links that break the bill down . Graphics from the NYT .

If these stories are to be believed, Senate Committees aren't what they used to be. It is said that sun light is the best disinfectant...

From Politico, a story about a debate regarding where the idea emerged that opposition to financial aid reform is best done by framing it as...

The Agriculture Committee of all things.

But apparently not all 41 support a filibuster . There are concerns whether opposition to the bill will be seen as protecting Wall Street fr...

Finance reform .