Associated PressMarch 21, 2023
12min0
‘Congress and the Trump regulators took an ax to (the original law).’
Tag: Dodd-Frank
Associated PressMarch 21, 2023
A.G. GancarskiMay 24, 2018
4min287
A lull in the media releases in the Democratic primary in Florida’s 5th Congressional District ended Thursday, with Alvin Brown pillorying Rep. Al Lawson for voting with Republicans on a Donald Trump approved bill that would undo much of the Dodd-Frank protections instituted in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Only 33 Democrats voted for the Dodd-Frank […]
Mitch PerryJune 8, 2017
4min219
Charlie Crist took to the floor of the U.S. House on Thursday to blast the Financial CHOICE Act, a Republican-sponsored bill that would undo significant parts of the Dodd-Frank financial reforms implemented the wake of the Great Recession.. “Unrestrained greed on Wall Street caused a preventable disaster because at no point did anyone say: This is simply […]
Guest AuthorApril 3, 2017
6min236
Since I was first elected to Congress, I have fought to hold government agencies and Washington bureaucrats more accountable to Floridians and all Americans. Unfortunately, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) continues to operate in a manner unaccountable to Congress, the president and American taxpayers. You don’t have to take my word on this. On […]
Mitch PerryJanuary 22, 2016
11min727
It’s been a rough month for Debbie Wassermann Schultz, the U.S. Representative from Florida’s 23rd Congressional District and Chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee. It’s in that latter position where she’s been under fire from progressives around the country for alleged misdeeds. Over 32,000 people have signed a petition on the website of RootsAction, and more […]
Jim RosicaSeptember 23, 2015
4min181
Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush says it’s high time America “did a better job regulating the regulators,” calling for a retrenchment of federal regulations in just about every area, including the financial sector, health care and the environment. Bush, the former Florida governor, outlined his plan in a Wall Street Journal op-ed published online Tuesday. “My […]