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Senator Dodd Proposes Major Financial Reform

Senate Banking Committee Chair Chris Dodd is planning to push a financial reform plan that would restructure the government's control of the banking industry, according to today's Wall Street Journal. Full Article at CBS News

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  1. Barack Obama
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  3. U.S. Senate

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  1. Senator Shelby and I agree that it makes no sense for banks to be able to appoint their own regulators. It's absolutely backwards, and we intend to change the system as we write the comprehensive financial reform bill
    Christopher Dodd – Christopher Dodd SOURCE: Huffington Post 4 weeks ago
  2. Don’t fight us. Join us. ... It is important for our country, and in the long run, it will be good for your industry to have a level playing field where everybody knows the rules and everybody is competing fairly for the business of American consumers
    Barack Obama – Barack Obama SOURCE: New Haven Register 1 month ago
  3. He gave a very persuasive response to the critics who say he hasn’t done anything. It was very uplifting
    SOURCE: New Haven Register 1 month ago
  4. Every resident of this state and every American has a stake in his success
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