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Nancy Pelosi Q&A: Financial Law Reform Is a Modern 'New Deal'
Love her or not, Nancy Pelosi's list of legislative accomplishments is formidable. On Wednesday, she capped four years of negotiating, cajoling, compromising and pressuring ... Politics Daily Blog; July 22, 2010 |
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Dodd-Frank Dissonance
... When Robert Gibbs said last week the GOP might seize the House, Nancy Pelosi was furious; she thought Gibbs’s comment will hurt fundraising. Gibbs was right to say it. Newsweek; July 17, 2010 |
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ONE PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS
... This particular picture captures Sen. Chris Dodd and Rep. Barney Frank gleefully fawning over Speaker Nancy Pelosi as the Congress completed its work on “financial reform.” Naples News; July 17, 2010 |
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Pelosi Remarks at Enrollment Ceremony for Wall Street Reform
Nancy Pelosi, House Leaders, Committee Chairs, and Members of Congress delivered remarks this afternoon in the Capitol at a ceremony to sign the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ... PR Newswire; July 15, 2010 |
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Financial rules overhaul OK’d
HSpeaker Nancy Pelosi reached out to Representative Barney Frank, and Senator Christopher Dodd after signing the financial regulations legislation in Washington yesterday. Boston Globe; July 15, 2010 |
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Pelosi: Dems Still At Impasse Over Derivatives
House and Senate leaders are still at an impasse over derivatives language in the financial regulatory reform bill, as conferees try to hammer out a compromise between the two versions. TPMDC; June 24, 2010 |
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US's Pelosi:Strong Support for Volcker Rule,Working On Derivs
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that there is "general support" among House Democrats for including a strong version of the Volcker rule in the final financial regulatory reform bill. iMarket News; June 24, 2010 |
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Perriello tries to distance self from Pelosi
Who does Congressman Perriello think he's fooling by twice voting against the banking reform bill backed by Pelosi? It is insulting that he thinks we are so dumb that he can get away with ... Altavista Journal; July 8, 2010 |
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Pelosi Remarks at Press Conference Following Vote on Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, Majority Whip James E. Clyburn, Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Xavier Becerra, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank ... PR Newswire; June 30, 2010 |
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Home Tax Credit Closing Extension Still Lives
... Nancy Pelosi threw out a quick statement, saying, "...our housing market will be strengthened as a result." The Senate is a tougher beast, but Democrats there are trying to push the extension ... CNBC; June 30, 2010 |
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House Gives Final Approval to Financial Overhaul
... “If this bill were to fail,” Nancy Pelosi said “we would be preserving a status quo that has left our economy in a wretched state.” Ms. Pelosi personally gaveled the vote to a close ... NYT; June 30, 2010 |
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Pelosi: 'By Voting Yes, We Will Pass the Toughest Set of Wall Street Reform in Generations'
Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke on the House floor in support of the conference report of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which passed the House by a vote of 237 to 192. PR Newswire; June 30, 2010 |
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Van Hollen defends exemptions in campaign bill that prompted backlash
... Rep. Chris Van Hollen, the assistant to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, defended a series of exceptions Democrats allowed for the National Rifle Association ... on disclosure rules under ... the Disclose Act. The Hill; 6/18/2010 |
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Rolling Back a Law Born of Enron
The timing is exquisite. First the Supreme Court of the United States provided a significant legal victory to the mastermind behind one of the greatest corporate frauds in American history. NYT; June 24, 2010 |
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House drops demand for bank-paid liquidation fund
House negotiators on legislation providing an overhaul of the financial system have agreed to drop their demand for a $150 billion fund to cover costs of liquidating large, failing institutions. SF Gate; June 23, 2010 |
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Insurance Industry Poised To Tear Loophole In Wall Street Reform
... "Beyond the substance, which is really horrible, the idea that a handful of members of Congress are going to decide this issue with no legislative hearing ... that's just an appalling violation," Roper said. Huff Post; 6/22/2010 |
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Mortgage company CEO indicted in alleged TARP scam
A federal grand jury has indicted the head of what was once among the largest privately held mortgage lending companies for allegedly scheming to steal over half a billion dollars from the TARP. Salon; June 16, 2010 |
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Pelosi Names House Democratic Conferees to Advance Historic Wall Street Reform Legislation
Speaker Nancy Pelosi today named House Democratic Members to the conference committee that will complete comprehensive Wall Street reform legislation. PR Newswire; June 9, 2010 |
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Wall St's critic Barney Frank now its source of hope
... [Frank] is a worry for some financial lobbyists. They fear he may bow to anti-business pressures from leaders on the political left, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Reuters; June 6, 2010 |
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Pelosi names 20 Democrats to Wall Street reform panel
Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday named 20 Democrats to a panel tasked with hammering out a final version of legislation that would impose sweeping reforms on the financial industry. Reuters; June 9, 2010 |
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Frank Names Democratic Candidates for Bank Bill Conferees
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank has sent Speaker Nancy Pelosi a list of his Democratic candidates for the House-Senate conference panel that will create a compromise ... CNBC; May 26, 2010 |
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Pelosi urged to ensure passage of debit card limits
Representatives Peter Welch (D - VT), Bill Shuster (R - PA), and Chris Carney (D - PA) wrote a letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi urging her to support an amendment to the financial ... ATM Marketplace; May 26, 2010 |
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Factbox: Negotiators to hammer out final Wall Street bill
Some 12 senators will join roughly 13 House members to resolve differences between the bills each chamber has passed to implement the biggest overhaul of U.S. financial regulation since the 1930s. Reuters; June 9, 2010 |
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Social Security, defense top list of debt panel's targets
... What's emerging on the 18-member panel is a split between a majority favoring tough action to tame the debt and a minority, led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's appointees ... USA Today; May 26, 2010 |
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What Real Financial Reform Looks Like
Be wary when Washington talks reform. Nearly always it’s bogus and ends up making a bad situation worse, the likely outcome this time addressing longstanding Wall Street abuses not easily changed at ... FCJ; May 3, 2010 |
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S.3217 - Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010
Linked on May 3, 2010 |
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Pelosi Urged to Ensure Passage of Debit-Card Limits
The U.S. House of Representatives should support a Senate amendment to the financial overhaul bill that limits “swipe” fees charged to retailers who accept debit cards, a group of lawmakers told Speaker Nancy Pelosi. BW; 5/25/2010 |
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Bad News: Nancy Pelosi Supports Wall Street's Nightmare Derivatives Reform Amendment
One of the most controversial amendments to be included in the Senate's version of the financial reform is Blanche Lincoln's proposal to force banks to get out of the swaps business. Business Insider; June 2, 2010 |
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H.R.4173 - Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009
Linked on May 3, 2010 |
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Pelosi hints bank tax may not be in financial reform
Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday alluded that the bank tax being discussed by congressional tax writers may not end up in the financial reform bill since its revenue generating prowess ... The Hill; April 22, 2010 |
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Pelosi: I Support Strong Volcker Rule, Senate Derivatives Title
... Pelosi said that she supports a strong iteration of the Volcker rule, which would ban proprietary trading by deposit-taking banks. The House bill allows for such a rule to potentially be considered ... FDL; June 1, 2010 |
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Did the Bush administration hide the financial crisis from Congress?
... Nancy Pelosi told TPM's Brian Beutler that the Bush administration knew for weeks in late 2008 that drastic congressional action would be required to bring the U.S. economy back from the brink ... Salon; May 3, 2010 |
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Pelosi may wait until June on Wall Street bill
Senate leaders are expected to appoint their conferees on Monday, but Pelosi may postpone action until after Congress returns from its Memorial Day break on June 7, the aides said. Reuters; May 21, 2010 |
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Speaker Pelosi aims to rein in Wall Street
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday that Democrats' efforts at passing regulatory reform are aimed at reining in reckless behavior on Wall Street. Washington Post; April 15, 2010 |
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Credit Card Bill is Good Progress
But It Pays to Remain Alert to Tricks, Traps, and Any Changes In Your Statement ... Linked on February 23, 2010 |
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