WASHINGTON — The most significant attempt to loosen rules imposed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis is underway in Congress as the Senate looks to pass legislation within the next month that would roll back restrictions on swaths of the finance industry.

Buoyed by their success in rewriting the tax code, the Trump administration and Republican lawmakers have now set their sights on helping the financial industry, which has been engaged in a quiet but concerted push to relax many post-crisis rules and regulatory obligations, particularly for thousands of small- and medium-sized banks.

But unlike the $1.5 trillion tax overhaul, which passed along party lines, the effort to loosen the post-crisis rules is somewhat bipartisan. A group of Senate Democrats has joined Republicans to support legislation that would mark the first major revision of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, a signature accomplishment of President Barack Obama that has been deemed “a disaster” by President Trump.

Congressman Leonard Lance

I highly criticize any such remarks made by POTUS — beneath the office and unhelpful to critical immigration negotiations.
America’s greatness is in large part because we are a Nation that welcomes the best and brightest in the world, regardless of country of origin.
Let’s stop incendiary rhetoric and work toward DACA/border security solution ASAP. — L.L.

Companies that set up urine testing labs breathlessly pitch how lucrative the business can be: “15 samples per day could yield $800,000 in profit!”



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