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A Sign Occupy Wall Street Is Having Political Impact
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/a-sign-occupy-wall-street-is-having-a-political-impact-20111219For those saying that Occupy Wall Street hasn't had a concrete effect, take a look at this. It's not much, but it's a little something. The leaders of the House Financial Services Committee announced yesterday that they will be holding hearings on the SEC's practice of concluding settlements with Wall Street defendants without forcing the accused to admit to wrongdoing.
This whole thing seems to be the creature of ranking Republican Spencer Bachus. From his site:
"The SECs practice of using 'no-contest settlements' has raised concerns about accountability and transparency, and Im pleased the Committee will examine these concerns in a bipartisan manner," said Chairman Bachus.
If they actually do something about this, then it'll be time to give them a pat on the back. But in the meantime, we can expect to see a lot of things like this in an election year marked by an absence of a real galvanizing message coming from either party. With OWS and populist anger generally filling that messaging void, there are going to be a lot of politicians who will look to capitalize by doing things like, for instance, beating up on the SEC in a few days of well-publicized but ineffectual hearings.
Spencer Bachus to positioning himself as a champion of Wall Steeet reform is, of course, hilarious. Not only was he one of the leaders of the opposition to even the very mild Dodd-Frank reform, he went out of his way to stall changes to the rules governing derivative trades that would have prevented abuses like JP Morgan Chase's rape of Jefferson County, Alabama. This was particularly egregious because Bachus, who was the House's third-biggest recipient of Wall Street money and a heavy beneficiary of donations from Chase, happened to be Jefferson County's congressman.
Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/a-sign-occupy-wall-street-is-having-a-political-impact-20111219#ixzz1h5kklRge
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A Sign Occupy Wall Street Is Having Political Impact (Original Post)
xchrom
Dec 2011
OP
Laelth
(32,017 posts)1. k&r for exposure. This is interesting. n/t
-Laelth
bemildred
(90,061 posts)2. Kick them all out next year and we might even see some action. nt
Kurovski
(34,655 posts)3. Thanks, xchrom.
K&R