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    Obama Proposes Financial Regulatory Overhaul

    President Obama today proposed what he calls the broadest changes in financial regulation since the Great Depression, insisting that they will strengthen, not weaken, the free market. Kevin Hall, National Economics Correspondent for the McClatchy Newspapers , has more on the proposal.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    President Obama today proposed what he calls the broadest changes in financial regulation since the Great Depression, insisting that they will strengthen, not weaken, the free market. Kevin Hall, National Economics Correspondent for the McClatchy Newspapers, has more on the proposal.

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Global Warming and the Energy Bill
    1. 0:00Obama Proposes Financial Regulatory OverhaulYou’re reading this
    2. 7:16Global Warming and the Energy Bill
    3. 39:14Fifth Day of Election Protests in Iran
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