Wall Street Reform & Consumer Protection Act of 2009
| June 10th, 2010 | Summary of House-passed Provisions Included in Senate Wall Street Reform Base Text Below is a summary of the House-passed H.R. 4173 provisions that have been included in the Senate Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act base text: ACCESS ISSUES Provisions from House bill accepted using House language or with technical changes |
| June 9th, 2010 | House-Senate Conference on Financial Reform to Begin Tomorrow Tomorrow, the House-Senate Conference on the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act will convene to begin its work on the most sweeping reforms to the financial regulatory system since the Great Depression. Conferees will meet tomorrow in an open, public televised meeting to give their opening statements. A more detailed schedule of subsequent meetings will be released at a later date. |
| December 11th, 2009 | SIFMA’s Ryan Statement on House Passage of Regulatory Reform The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) today released the following statement from president and ceo T. Timothy Ryan, Jr. upon the House of Representatives passing the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009. |
| December 11th, 2009 | CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler Comments on House Passage of H.R. 4173 U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Gary Gensler today commented on the passage of H.R. 4173, the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009, which included key provisions to regulate the over-the-counter derivatives marketplace. Chairman Gensler said: |
| December 10th, 2009 | House Passes Peterson-Frank Amendment to Strengthen Regulation of Over-the-Counter Derivatives Today, the House of Representatives passed a key amendment to a financial regulatory reform bill that would bring accountability to unregulated over-the-counter derivatives for the first time. The House passed the bipartisan Peterson-Frank amendment to H.R. 4173, the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009, by voice vote. The amendment establishes a central clearing requirement for participants in the over-the-counter derivatives market while preserving the use of derivatives for end users to hedge price risks associated with their businesses. |
| December 10th, 2009 | Republican Response to the Worst Financial Meltdown since the Great Depression: “What, There’s a Problem?” For eight years, President Bush and his Republican allies looked the other way as Wall Street and big banks exploited loopholes, ignored growing problems and, as a result, did not protect America’s families and small businesses. Even today, after millions of Americans have lost their jobs and taxpayers have been forced to bailout Wall Street, Republicans continue to deny that there is a problem. |
