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From: Wade12/11/2009 3:42:41 PM
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reuters.com

UPDATE 2-U.S. House approves financial regulation overhaul
Fri Dec 11, 2009 3:25pm
By Kevin Drawbaugh

WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives approved the biggest changes in financial regulation since the Great Depression on Friday, marking a win for the Obama administration and congressional Democrats.

With the Senate due to debate similar reforms well into next year, the House voted 223-202 to pass a 1,279-page bill hammered out in the months since last year's financial crisis convinced Democrats of an urgent need for reform.

The bill would create an inter-agency council to police systemic risk in the economy, crack down on hedge funds and credit rating agencies, set up a financial consumer watchdog agency, and expose Federal Reserve monetary policy to unprecedented congressional scrutiny, among other reforms.
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We shall see...a bigger government...Need a job? ha
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