Two new bills on Internet gambling were introduced yesterday.
H.R. 2267 would provide for the licensing of Internet gambling, provide for consumer protections on the Internet, and “enforce the tax code.”
H.R. 2268 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to regulate and tax Internet gambling.
Once the bill text is available, we’ll be able to see [...]
The horse is long out of the barn, but Congress may soon step in to correct this problem with credit default swaps.
S. 961, introduced just yesterday in the Senate, would authorize the regulation of credit default swaps and other swap agreements.
Really super – now that the market for credit default swaps has [...]
TPMMuckracker published a nice summary of the collapse of AIG on Friday. If you’re interested in Congress’ role in creating the disaster, here’s a key line: “In 2000, Congress passed the Commodity Futures Modernization Act, which further reduced the already weak regulation of derivatives like credit default swaps.”
Back in October, in a post called [...]
There were a lot of good reactions to yesterday’s post about candidates for federal office with responsibility for at least part of the financial crisis.
We listed House members and Senators who either voted for, or didn’t object to, a law freeing up financial services firms to offer these wagers known as “financial derivatives” [...]
In 2000, Congress passed a law barring states from regulating credit default swaps under their gambling and “bucket shop” laws. This set the stage for the market in “financial derivatives” that are a big part of what is causing the economic meltdown today.
One hundred fifty-five of the Members of Congress who voted for [...]