Republicans, 202 7488001. Independencts, 202 7458002. You can also find us on facebook and twitter. You can send us an email at journal cspan. Org. The dodd frank act was named after its authors, and senator chris dodd and barney frank. It was a massive bill that required federal agencies to write hundreds of new rules. Here are some of the things that the dodd frank act did. It was signed into law by president obama on july joint first, 2010. It created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. It attempted to an too big to fail bailouts of Financial Firms. In eliminated loopholes of financial products, providing shareholders a say on executive compensation, and enforce regulations on the books. Here are some polls that show just exactly the scope of this bill. A summary of the bill by a law firm shows that the bill was 22,290 six pages long. It has had 119 congressional hearings, and there have been 139 bills issued in congress to amend or repeal the act. The stats also give you a se
Airline harrison this sunday night at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspans original series, first ladies influence and image. Examining the public and private lives of the women who fill position of first lady and their influence on the presidency from Martha Washington to michelle obama. Sundays at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on american tv, on cspan3. Coming up next on cspan, from washington journal, a look at the dotfrank financial regulatory law on its fifth anniversary. That is followed by a discussion on u. S. Drug policy. Later, a discussion with transportation secretary anthony foxx at the Christian Science monitor. We are continuing our discussion about wall street reform and the dotfrank act and we are joined by a financial regulations Research Fellow at the Heritage Foundation and also with julio gordon, a senior director of housing at the center for american products. Make you both so much for being here. I would like to start with a question, very broad for both of you. How effective has.
Halfway through the first volume of the landmark history of the Federal Reserve. Not only having worked at the Federal Reserve, but having had lunch many, many times talking about his history, i have followed closely over time the massive transformations that has occurred at the fed, just since the financial crisis but over my lifetime. And before, and to think that the first 10 years of my life we were on the Gold Standard, you know, it suggests that things have changed a lot. And so when a friend at the wall street journal called up to ask if i would review a new book by a university of pennsylvania professor named peter contibrown called that are independent of the Federal Reserve, i jumped at the chance because of two things. One, i really do love that they. I think it had a big positive impact on my professional life at its a very important place in washington filled with people who want to do the right thing. They sometimes fail but i love the spirit of the food. The second thing
From a done deal to dead. Comcast is planning to walk away from the proposed 45 billion dollars merger with Time Warner Cable as soon as today. The deal was announced 14 months ago, opposition took shape and that left consecutives executive to conclude the merger would not fly. A former fcc commissioner praised the move. Comcast is making a smart decision. It benefits consumers. Olivia on wednesday fcc officials told both companies they were opposed. Saying the deal did not help consumers. They planned to call a hearing which would drag out the classes the process. Reviewing the drone strike in pakistan that killed two hostages. President obama issued a rare public policy. The president calls for drone strikes to be authorized only when it can be concluded to near certainty that there will not be civilian casualties. Brendan the nasdaq picking up where it left off. Technology stocks brought the nasdaq to a record high yesterday, beating the mark set in march 2000 before the bust. Amazo
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