Competitive Enterprise Institute
Director of the Center for Investors and Entrepreneurs at the Competitive Enterprise Institute
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John Berlau
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FROM John Berlau
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Will the Senate and Congress Pass the Debt-Ceiling Deal? Late last night, the President and Congressional leaders announced a debt-ceiling deal . The trade-off is deficit reduction that relies entirely on spending cuts and no increases in taxes. It still may not pass both houses, but here's how it stands. Almost no Democrats are willing to go past tomorrow's deadline without raising the debt ceiling.
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Will the Senate and Congress Pass the Debt-Ceiling Deal? Late last night, the President and Congressional leaders announced a debt-ceiling deal . The need for last night's so-called compromise was forced by Tea Party Republicans ready to risk the first default in American history, but they still might not vote for it.
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Can the US Senate Pass Finance Reform in an Election Year? In the House version of finance reform, the provision that banks hate most is an independent agency for consumer protection. It's been compared to the so-called "public option," that divided Democrats to the benefit of Republicans during the healthcare debate. But the politics of finance reform are very different.
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Putting on the Brakes: Are Government Regulators Doing Their Job? Safe food, safe drugs, safe cars, safe airplanes -- honest deals and bank loans. The federal government doesn't rely on people doing the right thing to make sure your world is safe; they regulate that world. Congress is trying to pass new financial regulations, and Wall Street is pushing back.
To the Point
Putting on the Brakes: Are Government Regulators Doing Their Job? Safe food, safe drugs, safe cars, safe airplanes -- honest deals and bank loans. The federal government doesn't rely on people doing the right thing to make sure your world is safe; they regulate that world. Congress is trying to pass new financial regulations, and Wall Street is pushing back.
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President Obama Wants New Rules for Wall Street Just one day after President Obama unveiled his proposed overhaul of financial regulations, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner was called to defend it on Capitol Hill.
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President Obama Wants New Rules for Wall Street Just one day after President Obama unveiled his proposed overhaul of financial regulations, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner was called to defend it on Capitol Hill. Would the Federal Reserve get too much power? Could banks, insurance companies and investment houses still get “too big to fail?”
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