The Big Financial Services Regulation Bill
Posted by Jim Harper
Want to get more info on the big bill to change around the way financial services are regulated? That’s H.R. 4173, the “Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.” Here’s a summary of the “Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.” Here’s the text of the “Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection [...]
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Pulling a Partisan Hit from Terrorism—But it Seems Fair
Posted by Jim Harper
The Washington Examiner reports that Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) amended the Homeland Security appropriations act earlier this year to reduce spending on screening and explosive detection. The money went to firefighters, which the Examiner says are a “pet constituency of his.” One of the breakdowns in security that appears to have allowed a bombing attempt [...]
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