Before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs U.S. Senate Washington, D.C.Chairman Dodd, Ranking Member Shelby, and other members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify about the Federal Reserve's implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank Act).In the years leading up to the recent financial crisis, the global regulatory framework did not effectively keep pace with the profound changes in the financial system. The Dodd-Frank Act addresses critical gaps and weaknesses of the U.S. regulatory…
from: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/09/30/bernankes_testimony_on_regulatory_reform_implementation_107383.html
NEWSHOUR: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, thank you very much for talking with us.SPEAKER PELOSI: My pleasure. Thank you.NEWSHOUR: Virtually every respected political analyst in this town and around the country is saying the Republicans are poised to take control of the House of Representatives. How worried are you?SPEAKER PELOSI: I'm thinking it's great that they think that, but we are acting upon another possibility and that is that we will hold the House. Our members left Congress last night. They are confident that they would return in the majority. We take it one…
from: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/09/30/interview_with_speaker_pelosi_on_the_pbs_newshour_107385.html
There may be no other major race in this year’s election cycle that is replete with as much uncertainty as the Alaska Senate contest featuring Republican Joe Miller, Democrat Scott McAdams, and write-in candidate Lisa MurkowskiA CNN/Time poll released on Wednesday showed Miller with a narrow 38 percent to 36 percent lead over Murkowski – the incumbent senator whom he defeated in the GOP primary- with McAdams trailing far behind at 22 percent.But the new poll and other surveys conducted to this point have raised more questions than they have answered.Since Murkowski’s…
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