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Ben German The Hill 8/22/2012 A divided Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved regulations Wednesday that will force oil and mining companies to disclose payments to foreign governments. The 2-1 SEC vote for the rules caps a two-year, behind-the-scenes battle that pitted oil companies like Exxon against human-rights groups and their allies like George Soros […] August 26th, 2012 | Tags: Bill Gates, Clean Air Act, Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR), Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, ExxonMobil, foreign commerce, Global Witness, licenses, mining, oil and gas drilling, oil companies, Oxfam America, Revenue Watch Institute, royalties, transparency | Category: Africa, China, corruption, Environmental Protection Agency, federal regulations, Foreign Policy, George Soros, Military, SEC, Taxes, technology | One comment - (Comments are closed)
Betsi Fores The Daily Caller 8/7/2012 A little-known bank insurance program implemented in 2008 at the height of the financial crisis may quietly slip into legislation and become permanent. The Transaction Account Guarantee program was implemented in 2008 and provides unlimited FDIC insurance to deposits for all non-interest-bearing transaction accounts above the limit of $250,000. […] August 8th, 2012 | Tags: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, FDIC, Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), Transaction Account Guarantee, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner | Category: Banking and finance, insurance, legislation, Treasury Department | Comments are closed
Marooned in Marin 7/18/2012 Things got contentious at a Jewish Americans for Obama rally in Elkins Park, PA last night, in which our “friend” Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (“Thunderlips”) was the featured speaker (Bill Lawrence Online). The headline speaker was Democrat National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who represents Florida’s 20th District in Congress. Unexpected heckling to […] July 18th, 2012 | Tags: Daylin Leach, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Elkins Park, hecklers, Jewish Americans for Obama, Jewish voters, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Royal Caribbean Cruise line | Category: Foreign Policy, Israel, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Politicians, Taxes | Comments are closed
“If You’ve Got a Business – You Didn’t Build That! Somebody Else Made That Happen” Jim Hoft GatewayPundit 7/14/2012 Barack Obama lectured supporters on economics and entrepreneurship last night in Roanoke, Virginia. He told the crowd, “If you’ve got a business — you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.” Really? Which mentor […] July 15th, 2012 | Tags: class warfare, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Elizabeth Warren, Roanoke, Sen. Scott Brown | Category: Barack Obama, Elections, Government, Health Care, Internet, Marxism, Massachusetts, Politicians, Progressives, Socialism, Taxes, Video, Virginia | Comments are closed
AEIdeas American Enterprise Institute 6/21/2012 If the U.S. Supreme Court throws out President Obama’s healthcare law this month, the only other remaining major achievement from the president’s first term would be, arguably, the Dodd-Frank financial reform law. But that may be in jeopardy, too. A Texas community bank is today filing a challenge to Dodd-Frank, […] June 21st, 2012 | Tags: Bank of America, C. Boyden Gray, checks and balances, Citigroup, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Financial Stability Oversight Council, JP Morgan Chase, Moody's Investors Service, Separation of Powers, State National Bank | Category: Banking and finance, banking regulations, Barack Obama, Congress, Federal Reserve, Goldman Sachs, SCOTUS, Texas, US Constitution | Comments are closed
Matthew Boyle The Daily Caller 4/16/2012 The House Financial Services Committee plans to release a new Web resource aimed at tracking the regulatory burden of the Dodd-Frank financial overhaul Congress passed in 2010. The “Dodd-Frank Burden Tracker” is set to measure how much of a negative effect the legislation will have. According to a release […] April 17th, 2012 | Tags: "Dodd-Frank Burden Tracker", Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, House Financial Services Committee, Rep. Randy Neugebauer | Category: Banking and finance, Congress, federal regulations | Comments are closed
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