A thorough primer on current U.S. financial regulation: which agencies are responsible for which institutions and markets, and what kinds of authority they have.
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Who Regulates Whom? An Overview of U.S. Financial Supervision
Congressional Research Service
Professors endorse consumer agency
US PIRG
Seventy-four law professors from across the country have sent Congressional leaders a joint letter urging enactment of a strong Consumer Financial Protection Agency that does not limit the efforts of state legislators and state attorneys general to protect their citizens.
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House Financial Services Committee: Financial Regulatory Reform Legislation
House Financial Services Committee
Title-by-title posting of the House Financial Services Committee's financial regulatory reform legislation, including legislative language and analysis.
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Financial Services Industry Lobbyists & PACs Have Sponsored 70 Fundraisers, Contributed $6 Million Since Election Day
Public Citizen
Public Citizen examined campaign contributions as well as information collected by the Sunlight Foundation on the hosting of political fundraisers for lobbyists and PACs associated with the 10 financial services companies that have received the most TARP money, as well as five trade associations that are spearheading a campaign against the proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA). The study included the fundraisers and contributions since November for all lobbyists who have represented the financial services companies that have received the most TARP money.
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Ten reasons not to trust the Fed to protect consumers
US PIRG
Analysis of the Federal Reserve's past failures to provide adequate oversight and consumer protection.
Read the Post »Bankers "attack" reform -- consumer agency hearings this week
US PIRG
Commentary on the lobbying effort by financial institutions to defeat the administration's financial regulatory overhaul
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Explore the Fed's balance sheet over time
Wall Street Journal A Look Inside Fed’s Balance Sheet
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Groups Signal Support of S.910, TARP Transparency Act, Suggest Improvement
OpenTheGovernment.org and others Letter from non-profit organizations supporting legislation that would require the Treasury Department to establish a database that would provide ongoing, continuous and close to real-time updates of the distribution of TARP funds and suggestin the legislation require the database be publicly available Read the Letter »
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An Open Letter to the U.S. House of Representatives: The Federal Reserve Transparency Act
Various Non-profit Organizations Sign-on letter in support of legislation to open up the Federal Reserve to audits by the GAO Read the Letter »
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Recipients of Federal Funds Cut Down On Federal Lobbying
Center for Responsive Politics: OpenSecrets.org Center for Responsive Politics: Analysis of spending on federal lobbying in the first quarter of 2009 by bailout recipients View the Report »
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CREW Letter to FDIC's Inspector General Re: Possible Conflict of Interest
Citizens for REsponsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) CREW wants FDIC's Inspector General to review suspect contract with CB Richard Ellis Group (CBRE), a company chaired by Sen. Feinstein's husband Read the Letter »
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America’s Financial Crisis: the End of An Era
Brookings Institution Brookings: Report summarize some research on the origins of the financial crisis and trace the evolution of the credit panic that hit in late 2008, its impact on the real economy, and the extraordinary policy actions that have been taken to mitigate the economic losses Visit the Report »
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Emergency Economic Stabilization Act
Sunlight Foundation Sunlight Foundation: Text and public commentary on the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 at PublicMarkup.org Visit the Resource »
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Vote for Your Question to the Wall Street Bankers
US PIRG US PIRG: Choose which of the top 5 submitted questions US PIRG should pose to the Wall Street Bankers Visit the Resource »
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