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Federal and state investigators are probing insurance companies that take advantage of families who lost loved ones in Iraq and Afghanistan. Prudenti... Posted by Kevin Liptak, 9:08 am Jul 30, 2010
IMMIGRATION: Obama Administration Could Bypass Congress on Immigration Reform
With Congress unlikely to pass immigration reform this year, the Obama administration is considering taking actions that don't require congressional... Posted by Kevin Liptak, 12:48 pm Jul 30, 2010
ENVIRONMENT: China Hides Rising Number of Environmental Disasters
As Americans observe with horror the destruction caused by the BP oil spill, similar disasters in China are happening quietly and without coverage f... Posted by Kevin Liptak, 9:16 am Jul 30, 2010
SAFETY: State Regulators and Law Enforcement Failed to Protect Women Against Dangerous Doctors
New details are emerging about sex offending doctors in Illinois. An investigation of claims against one particular physician finds law enforcement ... Posted by Kevin Liptak, 9:11 am Jul 30, 2010
INTELLIGENCE: Company Claiming to Predict the Future Finds Backers at CIA and Google
Investors at the CIA and Google have both identified a company that represents the next phase of intelligence-gathering: Recorded Future monitors th... Posted by Kevin Liptak, 11:07 am Jul 29, 2010
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Business Groups Step Up Campaign to Block Obama's Consumer Agency
A new federal consumer protection agency is emerging as the centerpiece of the Obama administration’s financial reforms, prompting banking compan... Posted by Anonymous, 2009-09-15 19:15
Financial Reform Moves Forward, With Many Loopholes
As Congress inches toward restructuring U.S. financial regulation, lawmakers in the House and Senate have characterized their respective bills as s... Posted by Rachel Leven, 2009-12-10 16:20
Goldman Sachs Publicly Backs Financial Reform — While Dispatching Army of Lobbyists
For all of Goldman Sachs’ professed support for an overhaul of financial regulations, the megabank hasn’t exactly withdrawn its army of lobbyis... Posted by Adele Hampton, 2010-05-17 08:33
Barney Frank vs. the Credit Raters
After deftly dodging federal regulation for years, the nation’s top credit rating companies now must get past the formidable Barney Frank.... Posted by Ben Protess, 2009-12-18 15:02
In Details of Dodd Bill, Some Loopholes and Unanswered Questions
The fine print in the sweeping overhaul of the U.S. financial system proposed by Sen. Christopher Dodd reveals loopholes, ambiguities and unanswere... Posted by Keith Epstein, 2010-03-16 12:45
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VIDEO: Consumer Agency Gains, But Foes Remain
The Obama administration’s plan for a new regulatory agency to protect consumers has cleared a major legislative hurdle – but it still faces strong opposition from Republicans, business interests and some federal regulators.
The Consumer Financial Protection Agency would centralize oversight of credit cards, mortgages and other financial products. It was approved Thursday by the House Financial Services Committee, but only after changes that diluted the proposed agency’s power. For example, most automobile dealers and 98 percent of the nation’s banks would be exempt from its authority.
The bill now goes to the full House. In the Senate, the Banking Committee is working on a financial reform bill that is expected to include its version of the agency.
Credits: Huffington Post Investigative Fund Staff | Additional Images: Wall Street Bull by carlossg; Roosevelt Room Obama, Official White House Photo by Pete Souza; ‘Feeding the Banks’ Copyright 2009 by Paresh Nath; ‘Wall Street Revival’ Copyright 2009 by John Darkow; Rose Garden Obama, Official White House Photo by Samantha Appleton; Capitol Dome by Jim_W; ATM machine by thinkpanama; Ben Bernanke by talkradionews.
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