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Finance Reform: Public Anger and Partisan Politics
With voters outraged about Wall Street's perceived role in the financial crisis, Democrats and Republicans appear to be playing "chicken" over finance reform. We look at the likely product of sausage-making in an election year. Also, Goldman Sachs in the hot seat, and challenges to Arizona's new immigration law.
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenWith voters outraged about Wall Street's perceived role in the financial crisis, Democrats and Republicans appear to be playing "chicken" over finance reform. We look at the likely product of sausage-making in an election year. Also, Goldman Sachs in the hot seat on Capitol Hill, and Arizona's new immigration law has sparked outrage from Washington to Mexico City. Even the Mayor of Phoenix calls it "unenforceable."
Banner image: Daniel Sparks, a former partner who ran Goldman Sachs' mortgage department, looks through investigation evidence as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, April 27, 2010, during a Senate Homeland and Secruity and Government Affairs Committee Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Photo: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images
