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Interstate Lending Amendment to the Restoring Financial Stability Act of 2010 | S.____ |
5/12/2010
A bipartisan group of legislators, namely U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown, Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT), have urged support for the Interstate Lending Amendment to the Wall Street reform bill (“Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010,” S. 3217). More...
Senator Reed’s Amendment to the Restoring Financial Stability Act of 2010 | S.____ |
5/10/2010
In an effort to protect taxpayers, investors, and the U.S. economy, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) has introduced an amendment to the Wall Street reform bill that would increase transparency, close existing loopholes, and require all investment pools, including hedge funds, private equity funds, and venture capital funds, to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). More...
SAFE Banking Act of 2010 | S. 3241 |
4/21/2010
U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) Ted Kaufman (D-DE), Robert P. Casey (D-PA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Tom Harkin (D-IA) have sponsored a new legislation that would place reasonable caps on the size of financial institutions. More...
Sen. Specter’s Amendment to the Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 | S._____ |
5/5/2010
Senator Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) has introduced two amendments to the Senate’s financial reform bill (“Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010,” S. 3217) which address several issues that contributed to the financial crisis of 2008. More...
Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act | H.R. 5141 |
4/26/2010
The Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act, introduced by Rep. Daniel E. Lungren, R-Calif.,will repeal section 9006 of the newly enacted health care law known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) . More...
Ponzi Scheme Investor Protection Act | H.R. 5032 |
4/15/2010
The Ponzi Scheme Investor Protection Act, H.R. 5032, would increase the number of Ponzi scheme victims eligible for insurance payments by imposing new requirements on the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (“SIPC”), which Congress created in 1970 to recover assets investors lose through failed brokerage firms. More...
California State Assembly Bill 1743 | AB 1743 |
2/8/2010
This legislation will require placement agents that do business with the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (“CalPERS “) and California State Teachers’ Retirement System (“CalSTRS”) to conform to the Political Reform Act of 1974 and register with the Secretary of State as lobbyists. More...
Protect our Recovery through Oversight of Proprietary Trading Act | S. 3098 |
3/10/2010
The Protect our Recovery through Oversight of Proprietary Trading Act, or PROP Trading Act, helps prevent taxpayer bailouts of financial firms by limiting high-risk speculation, also known as proprietary trading. More...
S. 2994 |
2/4/2010
U.S. Senators Jim Webb (D-VA) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA) have introduced the Taxpayer Fairness Act, a legislation that would impose a 50 percent tax on excessive bonuses paid by Wall Street banks and other firms that benefited from billions of taxpayer dollars in 2009. More...
Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 | S. ____ |
3/17/2010
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., has pushed for a sweeping financial reform package that includes the creation of separate agency watch dogs to oversee consumer protection, financial entities, insurance companies, and credit ratings. More...
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