H.R. 5660 -- Commodity Exchange Act (Commodities Futures Modernization Act)

H.R.5660 Incorporporated in H.R. 4577, Roll Call Vote # 603 Title: To reauthorize and amend the Commodity Exchange Act to promote legal certainty, enhance competition, and reduce systemic risk in markets for futures and over-the-counter derivatives, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep Ewing, Thomas W. [IL-15] (introduced 12/14/2000)      Cosponsors (4) Related Bills: H.R.4577, S.3283 Latest Major Action: 12/14/2000 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Finance & Hazardous Materials for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.. Note: H.R. 5660 was incorporated by reference in the conference report to H.R. 4577. H.R. 4577, the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2001, became Public Law 106-554 on 12/21/2000. H.R. 4577 passed on a vote of 292 to 60, with 80 congresspeople, including Nancy Pelosi, not voting. Here is the Wikipedia explanation of this act and the "Enron loophole" that it included: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodity_Futures_Modernization_Act_of_2000 Here is a Robert Scheer critique of President Obama's reliance on people who helped create the era of deregulation that has, in part, led to the current economic crisis: Obama's toxic advisers