In May I noted section 1027 of the financial regulatory reform legislation that went to conference. The conference report (2,315 page PDF) mirrors the prior version of section 1027. A summary of the conference committee notes: Better Oversight of Municipal Securities Industry Registers Municipal Advisors: Requires registration of municipal advisors and subjects them rules written […]
Day: June 27, 2010
A question for Kagan on Citizens United?
George Will suggests Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan be asked the following about Citizens United: The president is morose about the court’s Citizens United decision holding that the First Amendment, which says Congress shall make “no law” abridging freedom of speech, means no laws abridging a corporation’s freedom to speak, including nonprofit advocacy corporations such […]
Next lobbyist target: the financial regulators
The Times examines the next steps for financial regulatory reform and lobbyists’ attention. Interest groups have been preparing for months. When the Consumer Bankers Association convened its annual meeting in early June, there was still plenty of time to lobby Congress. But the group’s president, Richard Hunt, told his board that the group should shift […]