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Ask an Expert: Fewer Conference Committees – Does it Matter?
Question: A big deal was made about having a House-Senate conference for the Dodd-Frank Financial Sector Reform bill. Why? Aren’t conferences routine? Decatur, AL Answer: We are seeing fewer and fewer conference committees because, in a very disturbing trend, congressional leaders have avoided having them when major legislation is involved!...
Text of the Dodd-Frank Financial Overhaul Conference Report
Liberty Central has received a copy of what we are told is the final text of the Dodd-Frank financial overhaul conference report. We are publishing it here to enable Americans to read a massive and far-reaching bill that Congress is tentatively scheduled to vote on in just a few days. We...
Rep. Roskam (IL): Dodd-Frank About More ‘Big Government’
Congressman Peter Roskam (IL) spoke today with Stuart Varney about the Dodd-Frank Financial Overhaul bill agreed to overnight. Congressman Roskam points out that the bill wouldn’t have made a difference in the financial collapse of 2008, and was really more about expanding the size and reach of government: Take action...
TAKE ACTION: Oppose HR 4173 – Financial Overhaul
[activate url="http://act.libertycentral.org/9/3255/stop-deficit-spending-stop-latest-stimulus-vote-no-on-hr-4213/" target="_self" is_slanted="false"] In one of the largest power grabs in Washington’s history, the House and Senate are conferencing right now to combine their legislation (S. 3217 and HR 4173) and create a unified Financial “Reform” Bill. In the words of Glenn Beck, “if this financial regulation bill passes,...