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We Listened: What Small Banks and Small Businesses Are Saying About the Dodd-Frank Act
Some Washington politicians and supposed media “fact checkers” have been falling over themselves the last few days busily defending the Dodd-Frank Act. But rather than rely on wha...
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Free checking being wiped out by Dodd-Frank’s burden
The following article was published this week on the website BankCreditNews.com: Free checking being wiped out by Dodd-Frank’s burden The average required minimum balance for free ...
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Financial Services Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus Reacts to Today’s Action by the Federal Reserve
"The Federal Reserve’s action today is a scathing indictment of this Administration’s economic policies which, after almost four years, have failed to produce a sustainable recover...
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Financial Services Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus Reacts to Today’s Action by the Federal Reserve
"The Federal Reserve’s action today is a scathing indictment of this Administration’s economic policies which, after almost four years, have failed to produce a sustainable recover...
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Hearing To Examine Ways To Facilitate A Private Terrorism Risk Insurance Marketplace
A Financial Services Subcommittee hearing on Tuesday will examine the capacity of the insurance industry to offer terrorism risk insurance without a Federal backstop. The Terrorism...
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Financial Services Committee Releases September Schedule
Financial Services Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus on Thursday announced the Committee’s hearing schedule for the month of September. Hearing on the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act:...
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Chairman Bachus Says Treasury Action Makes It Less Likely Taxpayers Will Be Repaid for $200 Billion GSE Bailout
Financial Services Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus issued the following statement about the Treasury Department's decision on Friday to reduce the dividend rate paid to the Secre...
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RT @RepTimScott: Op-ed by @BachusAL06 -If u buy food,consume energy,use a debit card,u will fight red tape from DoddFrank's 400 new regs ...
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#DoddFrank did not succeed in ending too big to fail or bailouts: @BachusAL06 op-ed http://t.co/ojUotxno
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We Listened: What Small Banks and Small Businesses Are Saying About the Dodd-Frank Act
Some Washington politicians and supposed media “fact checkers” have been falling over themselves the last few days busily defending the Dodd-Frank Act. But rather than rely on wha...
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Dodd-Frank Dilemma
By Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer I was more than a little annoyed recently during a committee hearing with a government official who seemed intent on defending an agency created by the t...
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Route 40 Tour
By Rep. Robert Hurt At a time when uncertainty from Washington has led us to nearly three-and-a-half years of more than 8 percent unemployment nationally, folks in Washington, D.C....
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The JOBS Act
One of the most significant accomplishments of the Financial Services Committee during the 112th Congress is passage of the JOBS Act. The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS ...
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Free checking being wiped out by Dodd-Frank’s burden
The following article was published this week on the website BankCreditNews.com: Free checking being wiped out by Dodd-Frank’s burden The average required minimum balance for free ...
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Wall Street Journal: A $447 Million Consumer Alert
Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Randy Neugebauer writes in today's edition of the Wall Street Journal about the lack of transparency and accountability at the Co...
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U.S. Financial Rules Panel Should Improve Transparency, GAO Says
(Bloomberg) -- A panel of U.S. regulators created to monitor financial stability faces challenges in achieving its mission of identifying risks and should improve its transparency,...
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U.S. financial risk council could use more sunlight: GAO
(Reuters) - The new U.S. financial risk council should publicly share more details about its closed-door meetings on emerging risks to markets, a congressional watchdog report has ...