May Senate commentary

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May 31

• Spillonomics: Underestimating Risk New York Times
• Meet Privately With Congressmen Negotiating Financial Reform! Talking Points Memo
• The Politics of Financial Reform's Conference Committee The Atlantic
• Answers on Credit Ratings Are Long Overdue New York Times
• The Auditors And Financial Regulatory Reform: That Dog Don’t Hunt re: The Auditors
• Now Congress begins the final push on financial regulation McClatchy
• Support for Congress sapped by inaction, partisan feuding McClatchy

May 30

• The Consensus On Big Banks Shifts, But Not At Treasury The Baseline Scenerio
• China postpones CDS launch Financial Times ($$$)
• Michael Lewis Summarizes Financial Reform Infiltration ZeroHedge
• Detailed Summary of Senate Financial Reform Bill Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation
• Sovereign Governments vs. Lords of Finance IPS
• Buffett, Moody's CEO rate a date on market crisis Reuters
• Removing Federal Aid From Bank Ratings Reuters Breaking Views

May 29

• Pending U.S. and E.U. Legislation Promises Broad Changes for Private Fund Managers Harvard Law School Forum
• Why Taxing Carried Interest As Ordinary Income Is Good Policy A VC
• 3,000 Pages of Financial Reform, but Still Not Enough New York Times

May 28

• Is The SEC Still Working For Wall Street? Baseline Scenerio
• Fed boards without bankers a "travesty", say directors Reuters
• Wall Street Will (Again) Kill The Passage of a Fiduciary Standard Registered Rep
• House Backs Tax Increase for Venture Capital New York Times
• Shorting Reform New York Times
• Treasury Official Describes Possible Conflicts in Conference Process Bank Digest

May 27

• 80% Favor Auditing the Federal Reserve Rasmussen Reports
• Fed’s Lacker Says Regulatory Overhaul Fails to Curb Safety Net Bloomberg
• Financial Reform Bill Could Require Companies to Recover "Excess" Incentive-Based Compensation McDermott Will & Emery
• Durbin upbraids credit card giants The Hill
• How Wall Street Gamed Derivatives Reform Bloomberg
• [36899,157778 Wall Street's War] Rolling Stone
• Bare-knuckle in Basel The Economist
• Jamie Dimon Joins Final Round of Lobbying on Financial Bill Bloomberg
• Will Wall Street Go Free? New York Times
• Washington struggles to corral U.S. banks The Globe and Mail
• Warren Buffett to testify under FCIC subpoena after resisting commission's request Fortune
• Bachus Questions Delay on Appointing House Conferees Bank Digest
• Senator Akaka Envisions SEC Investor Advocate Office as Ombudsman for Retail Investors Jim Hamilton's World of Securities Regulation
• Pending Derivatives Legislation Would Create Legal Uncertainty for Existing Contracts Sutherland
• Senate Wall Street Reform Bill Includes Proposed Regulation of Credit and Debit Card Interchange Fees Sutherland
• Dodd Agrees SEC Should Include State and Local Governments in Definition of Accredited Investor Jim Hamilton's World of Securities Regulation
• Geithner Says U.S., Europe Agree on Need for Tighter Rules Bloomberg
• Deputy Secretary Neal Wolin Remarks before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority's Annual Conference US Treasury
• White House pushes on Volcker Rule Marketwatch
• Congress Weighs a Pension Bailout Marketwatch
• Public Finance Fiduciary Rule Could Mean Regulatory Arbitrage Wall Street Journal
• Financial regulatory reform: turning private equity into shadow banking CNNMoney.com
• EU needs to address bank debt now, JPMorgan CEO warns BobsGuide
• Wray: The Great Depression and the Revolution of 2017 Naked Capitalism
• Easy Money, Hard Truths New York Times
• Not Enough Skin in the Game New York Times
• Financial Reform Bill Pits Consumer Advocates vs. Small Business New York Times
• Inching closer to the derivatives end-game? Credit Risk Chronicles
• Ehrlich Says Computer Trading Offers Equal Market Access: Video Bloomberg
• Governments just don’t understand…speculators FT Alphaville ($$$)

May 26

• White House Signals It Won't Fight to Keep Rule on Derivatives Wall Street Journal
• Progressives Demand: No Behind-Closed-Doors Deals On Wall Street Reform Talking Points Memo
• "No More Secrecy": Open The Wall Street Negotiations and Empower Voters Huffington Post
• Skepticism Greets US Senate’s Rating Agency Proposal Waters Technology
• Merkley, Levin Push Reid on Volcker Rule Huffington Post
• FinReg Conferees and Finance Industry Cash OpenCongress.org
• Bachus to Pelosi: Why the Wait on Appointing House Conferees? Committee on Financial Services Republicans
• Financial Reform Legislation: Comparison of the Senate and House Bills Alston & Bird
• Senate Passes Financial Services Reform Bill Pepper Hamilton
• Senate Passes Landmark Financial Regulatory Reform Bill Arnold and Porter
• Unlikely winners of financial reform Fortune
• The Race To Finish Financial Reform Forbes
• Stop Hyping Financial Reform! The Atlantic
• “Barney Less Than Frank About Auditor Reform” re: The Auditors
• Financial Services Reform: Next Step - Resolving the Differences Venable
• S&P May Not Cut Citigroup, BofA Ratings on Finance Revamp Bill Bloomberg
• Frank Expects SOX 404(b) Exemption in Finance Bill WebCPA
• Simon Johnson: Wall Street's Victory Lap Huffington Post
• Securities lending, liberated FT Alphaville ($$$)
• The debate over GSE reform is beginning Washington Post
• Time for industry to end its war on regulation Washington Post
• This Wall Street sherriff is shooting blanks Bloomberg

May 25

• Barney Frank names Democrats to merge bank bills Politico
• Wall Street 'Popping Champagne' Over Watered-Down Financial Reform Bill (VIDEO) Huffington Post
• Why there won't be Wall Street perp walks CNNMoney.com
• Regulation vs. Structural Change Baseline Scenario
• The Impact on Private Equity and Hedge Funds of the Financial Regulatory Reform Bills: A Legislative Update Simpson Thacher
• Proposed Legislation Would Increase Tax on Carried Interest, Target Perceived Tax Abuses Ropes & Gray
• Corporate Governance and Executive Compensation Provisions in Senate Financial Regulatory Reform Bill Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
• Reconciling the Senate and House Versions of the Private Fund Investment Advisers Registration Act Paul Weiss
• Senate Financial Services Reform Bill - Effect on Private Fund Managers Kirkland & Ellis
• Can we be Frank? Marketwatch
• House Democrats Target Senator Lincoln’s Swaps-Desk Proposal Bloomberg
• Kwak Sees U.S. Financial Rules Bill Becoming `Weaker': Video Bloomberg
• Payday Lenders Drop a Bucket of Cash on Congress Bank Talk
• Regulators Seek Global Capital Rule New York Times
• To Prepay for a Crisis, or Not New York Times
• Four Ways to a Better Finance Bill New York Times
• Lincoln finds a friend in former Clinton official TalkBusiness.net
• Bob Corker: White House was ‘duplicitous’ in negotiations Politco
• Senator Corker To Help Work Out Differences On Financial Reform Bills WPLN News
• Wall Street Critic Frank to Head US Reform Bill Panel Moneynews.com
• Senate bill brings new powers, new pressures for Fed Washington Post
• House GOP feels heat on financial reform The Hill
• Banks, credit unions face tough fight on swipe fees The Hill
• The List: Senate’s Financial Bill Conferees Wall Street Journal
• Derivatives Spinoff Proposal 'Goes Too Far,' Says Frank Wall Street Journal
• The Credit Raters: How We Got Here Wall Street Journal
• Derivatives – Protection Without Suffocation Tabb Group and BNY Mellon
• House’s Frank Says Lincoln Derivatives Language ‘Goes Too Far’ Bloomberg
• Pelosi Urged to Ensure Passage of Senate Debit-Card Fee Limits Bloomberg
• Large banking interests create a Web page against interchange finreg Washington Post
• ND20 Alert: FCIC Hearing on Ratings Agencies New Deal 2.0
• Banks Trim Debt, Obscuring Risks Wall Street Journal

May 24

• Frank to chair conference on Wall Street bill The Hill
• Twelve senators to be on Wall Street bill panel: source Reuters
• Senate Passes a Comprehensive Financial Regulatory Reform Bill Debevoise & Plimpton
• Senate Passes Corporate Governance and Securities Reform Sullivan & Cromwell
• Senate Passes Financial Stability Bill Calling for SEC Proxy Access Authority and Other Governance Reforms Weil Gotshal
• Restoring American Financial Stability: Implications for Banks, Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds Stroock
• Financial Regulatory Reform Legislation - Senate OTC Derivatives Bill Covington & Burling
• Rating the Raters Project Syndicate
• Financial Overhaul Puts Bank Ratings at Risk Wall Street Journal
• To Prepay for a Crisis, or Not New York Times
• SENATE, HOUSE BILLS COMPARED: Momentum builds toward a tough, far-reaching Wall St. reform package The Hill
• Financial Reform: A Win for Wall Street, A Cold Shoulder for Main Street Huffington Post
• Why the Finance Bill Won't Save Us Huffington Post
• Senate Votes to Exempt Car Dealers From Consumer Protections Opencongress.org
• Mutual Funds Take Issue With Financial Overhaul Wall Street Journal
• Fannie, Freddie Fix Is a Federal Hot Potato Wall Street Journal
• Consumer Groups Praise Financial Reform – But Cautiously Washington Independent
• Grassley’s vote on Wall Street reform rebuts campaign trail criticism The Hill
• What's missing from financial reform? Rachel Maddow
• Banking Bill Leaves Huge Gaps in Financial Reform The Fiscal Times
• Momentum builds toward a tough, far-reaching Wall St. reform package The Hill
• Special Report: Senate Passes Sweeping Financial Reform Bill CCH Briefing
• Will OTC Derivatives Desk Spin-off Hurt Market Efficiency? DerivAlert.org
• How the Senate Financial Reform Bill Gained Strength New Deal 2.0
• What Wall Street Reform Means Americans for Financial Reform
• Finessing Financial Reform CNBC.com
• Bank Group Seeks Task Force for Wind-Down System Wall Street Journal
• What Bloomberg brings to the credit ratings game CNNMoney.com
• Financial Reform Legislation: The Trampling of Creditors' Rights Bracewell & Giuliani
• Conference Committee to Address Major Differences with House Bill Sidley Austin

May 23

• Rules Grow, Banks Stay Same Size New York Times
• As Reform Takes Shape, Some Relief on Wall St. New York Times
• The Old Enemies New York Times
• Intesa boss calls for global banking rules Financial Times ($$$)
• Comment: Clifford Rossi in Support of the Office of Financial Research Institutional Risk Analyst
• House Republican Leader Boehner Requests Live Coverage of Financial Regulatory Reform Conference Alston & Bird
• New Financial Rules Might Not Prevent Next Crisis AP
• Reading the Tea Leaves on Financial Overhaul Wall Street Journal
• TABB Group On Senate Financial Regulatory Reform: Getting The Hill Out Of The Street ZeroHedge
• Canada says to propose stricter bank rules at G20 Reuters
• Months of intense negotiations led to passage of financial overhaul bill Washington Post
• Closing Tax Loopholes for Billionaires Huffington Post
• Fight for fiduciary standard going down to the wire Investment News

May 22

• Financial "Reform" Cheat Sheet ZeroHedge
• U.S. Senate Approves Significant Revision of Financial Services Regulation Sullivan & Cromwell
• Summary of the Restoring American Financial Stability Act Davis Polk
• Editorial: Financial Reform New York Times
• Small Businesses Still Worried About Reform Bill New York Times
• Financial Overhaul Bill Poses Big Test for Lobbyists New York Times
• A Day After, the Jockeying Continues Wall Street Journal
• House Is Likely to Soften Senate Bank Bill Barron's
• Obama Is From Mars, Wall Street Is From Venus New York Magazine

May 21

• Financial Regulatory Reform: A Guide to the Conference Committee Process Patton Boggs
• Senate Passes U.S. Financial Services Regulatory Reform Clifford Chance
• What Will Wall Street Look Like Next Year? New York Times
• Bonfire of the Loopholes Newsweek
• Suddenly, the Rating Agencies Don’t Look Untouchable New York Times
• Rule No. 1: Make Money by Avoiding Rules New York Times
• High & Low Finance: Naked Truth on Default Swaps New York Times
• We're Doin' It Live! Republicans Give Thumbs Up To Televised Wall Street Reform Negotiations TPM
• Of reform, US bank ratings, and repo FT Alphaville ($$$)
• Senate Bill’s Passage Raises Concern for Banks’ Credit Ratings Bloomberg
• Gary Gensler, Top Regulator, Says Some Derivatives Should Be Illegal Huffington Post
• `Nervous' Wall Street Waits for Congress to Kill Swaps Limit Bloomberg
• Financial Reform News Sends Big Bank Stocks Soaring Huffington Post
• Factbox: Comparing EU and U.S. financial reform Reuters
• SIFMA Opposes Reform Bill Passed By Senate Securities Industry News
• Senator Lincoln's Bill to End Backroom Wall Street Deals Passes Senate Blanche Lincoln's campaign site
• US Senate votes for new 'Glass-Steagall Act' The Telegraph
• The VC Tax Break Baseline Scenario
• White House Moves to Shape Financial Overhaul Bill New York Times
• The End of the Beginning for Financial Reform New York Times Dealbreaker
• Financial reform flash points Politco
• Reform Without Punishment Newsweek
• Senate Bill Passes with Broad Corporate Governance and Compensation Provisions Harvard Law School Forum on Corp Gov & FinReg
• Senate's Financial Reform Bill: Some Winners and Losers Reuters
• Myrow Expects Overhaul Bill to Look Like Senate Version: Video Bloomberg
• White House Moves to Shape Financial Overhaul Bill New York Times
• DeMint Introduces the European Bailout Protection Act Senatus
• Conference Matters: What To Expect In The FinReg Negotiations Fire Dog Lake
• Six Key Fights for Wall Street Reform's Next Phase Huffington Post
• Dodd, Frank: Completion of Wall Street Reform by July Fourth Roll Call
• Laying Out Some Key Differences Between The House And Senate Financial Reform Bills Thinkprogress.org
• Focus on This: Merkley-Levin Did Not Get a Vote Huffington Post
• Schwarzman Lobbies Congress on Carried-Interest Tax: Video Bloomberg
• Passage of reform bill signals end of Wall Street 'joyride': Sen. Reid Bloomberg
• House-Senate conference the last chance for fiduciary amendment Investment News
• Senate fails to act on fiduciary amendments Investment News
• Senate Passes Sweeping Reform Bill National Underwriter Property And Casualty Insurance
• Financial Reform Passes the Senate The American Prospect
• Thank You, Lloyd Blankfein New York Times
• Wall Street Firms Brace for Seismic Changes Wall Street Journal
• Obama's Impossibly Complex Win The Daily Beast
• Finance-Overhaul Bill Would Reshape Wall Street, Washington Bloomberg
• Cantwell Interview on Senate Banking Bill Bloomberg
• Fed’s ‘Main Street’ Message Protected Its Powers in Senate Bill Bloomberg
• Senate passes financial regulation bill Washington Post
• Prometheus bound - Financial reform will make the Fed more powerful and less independent The Economist
• Congress Passes ‘Too Big to Fail’ Financial Reform Bill, But Leaves Out Fannie and Freddie AP
• Securities watchdog is changing, but maybe not fast enough Marketwatch
• What's in the Wall Street bill CNNMoney.com
• United States: Compromise on Derivatives Bill Adds to Debate Sutherland

May 20

• Major Parts of the Financial Regulation Overhaul New York Times
• Dodd Hails Senate Passage of the Wall Street Reform Bill Office of Senator Chris Dodd
• Senate Passes Financial Reform Bill, 59-39 AP/Huffington Post
• Final vote on Wall Street reform bill seen in Senate Reuters
• Senate approves Wall Street reform bill Financial Times ($$$)
• Senate Passes Faux Financial "Reform" Bill Washington's Blog
• Talbott, Galbraith Discuss Financial Rules Overhaul: Video Bloomberg
• Wall Street bill nearing finish line as Senate passes legislation 59-39 The Hill
• An Obama win: Senate passes financial reform bill, 59-39 McClatchy
• More ND20 FinReg Reactions: Bill Black and Henry Liu New Deal 2.0
• On second attempt, Senate breaks GOP-led filibuster of Wall Street reform bill. (UPDATED) Thinkprogress.org
• Rep. Alan Grayson: Too Big to Fail Is Too Big to Exist Dylan Ratigan
• Guest Post: Who Will Your Senator Stand With Now? ZeroHedge
• Senate Invokes Cloture on S.3217; Actions on Amendments Alston & Bird
• Obama Says Regulation Overhaul Will Aid Economy Bloomberg
• Video: Obama Speaks About Financial-Rules Legislation Bloomberg
• Dems Who Voted To Break Up Megabanks 2 Weeks Ago NOW Vote To Protect Their High Credit Card Rates Huffington Post
• Bill to Overhaul Financial Rules Clears Hurdle in Senate Vote New York Times
• Senate Agrees to Move Toward Final Vote on Wall Street Rules Bloomberg
• Dems Win Big Financial Reform Vote OpenCongress.org
• Democrats expect to advance Wall Street reform bill Reuters
• Senate Democrats Said to Have Votes to Advance Overhaul Bill Bloomberg
• Treasury and the Bank’s Attack on Collin’s Leverage Amendment Rortybomb
• Wall Street Threatens Washington as Reform Vote Approaches; Europe Acts Pre-emptively Against Fraud Jesse's Cafe
• Reforming Credit Rating Agencies Baseline Scenario
• Stocks Slide as Investors Fret Over Europe and Regulation New York Times
• Democrats toughen reform plans Financial Times ($$$)
• Bayh second-guesses handling of Wall Street reform debate The Hill
• Brown: Wall Street Reform Bill will get stronger MSNBC - The Dylan Ratigan Show
• Brown Limits Debit Card Fee in Reform Bill Business Journal Daily
• Wall Street reform update: Uncertainty, anger and drama running high Open Left
• Push for fiduciary standard fading in Senate Investment News
• Regulators need babes, bucks, and a share of the spoils Bloomberg
• Republicans’ Record: Protecting Wall Street, Blocking Accountability Point/Counterpoint
• Carried Interest Deal Cut, Let the Workarounds Begin! UPDATE: Some More thoughts Burnham's Beat
• Key Roll Call Votes Americans for Fairness in Lending

May 19

• US to force banks to spin off swaps desks The Telegraph
• Still a Hill to Climb on Bank Capital Wall Street Journal
• Senate Fails to Advance Financial Reform Bill New York Times
• Obama's state dinner guest list includes bank executives McClatchy
• Democrats delay US reform legislation Financial Times
• Cantwell says vote on financial bill contingent on vote on amendment The Hill
• Senate fails to end Wall Street reform debate The Hill
• Republicans--And Two Democrats--Block Vote On Wall Street Reform Talking Point
• Video: Democratic Senators News Conference on Financial Bill Bloomberg
• Talbott Sees Financial Rules Bill Passing By Next Week: Video Bloomberg
• Senate Fails to Move Ahead on Financial Regulation Bill Wall Street Journal
• Two Dems Help Defeat Senate Cloture Vote On Wall Street Reform Huffington Post
• Reid loses cloture vote on financial regulation Washington Post
• Reid Calls Cloture Vote On FinReg UPDATE: Motion Fails Fire Dog Lake
• U.S. Senate Fails to Move Financial Rules Bill to Final Vote Bloomberg
• Senate’s Dodd Said to Drop Plan for Swaps-Desk Compromise Bloomberg
• Video: Senate’s Dodd Said to Drop Plan for Swaps Compromise Bloomberg
• The dangers of politicising regulation [UPDATED] FT Alphaville ($$$)
• GOP Running Out Clock On Wall Street Reform Huffington Post
• The Senate at the Finish Line New York Times
• Intraparty Battle Threatens Vote on Financial Reform Roll Call
• Harry Reid to call financial regulation vote Politico
• Finally, The Republicans Come Out To Fight. Where Is The President? The Baseline Scenario
• Nina Easton & the Bank Lobbyists: Too Close for Comfort SEIU.org
• Levin-Merkley Amendment Would Shed Light on an Opaque Financial System, Says GFI Task Force on Financial Integrity
• Fed-Up Senate Democrats Block Wall Street Reform Cloture Vote Fire Dog Lake
• Why Are Incumbents Faltering? Check Out The Election Night FinReg Massacre Fire Dog Lake
• Financial Reform Update Economics of Contempt
• Financial regulation bill gets last-minute amendment from Sen. Chris Dodd Washington Post
• A patch for Wall Street's bad habits Washington Post
• Volcker: We’ve Got What We Need in Senate Bill Barron's Blog
• High Stakes Showdown: Internet Gambling Debate Rages on Capitol Hill ABC News
• Here Comes Cloture Opencongress.org
• A Financial War With Two Fronts ... And One Wrong General Blog for Our Future

May 18

• Merkley, Levin: Free the Volcker Rule Senator Merkley's Office
• Video: John Bogle Says Financial Market Bill Should Go Farther Bloomberg
• Dodd Proposes Delaying Swaps Measure in Rules Bill Bloomberg
• Dylan Ratigan: Make Believe Financial Reform - Part 1 Youtube
• Senate Republicans Call Reform Bill a ‘Takeover’ of the Banking Industry New York Times
• Top Fed Official Offers Dire Forecast, Says Economy Will Suffer For Years Huffington Post
• Senate Dems clash over Wall Street reform endgame Reuters
• Democratic tensions flare on Senate floor during Wall Street reform debate The Hill
• Union leaders take credit for Sen. Lincoln’s derivatives provision The Hill
• Financial Reforms 'Cosmetic,' Won't Stop More Crises: Roubini CNBC
• Merkel to The Banks and Hedge Funds: Sprechen Sie Deutsche? Then Droppen Sie Dead Jesse's Cafe
• Financial regulation bill gets last-minute amendment from Sen. Chris Dodd Washington Post
• Dodd Amendment #4110 to Amendment #3739 Financial Times
• GOP Blocks Three Key Anti-Wall Street Amendments Huffington Post
• Senators load financial overhaul with irrelevancies McClatchy
• Financial Reform Amendment Work Slows Down Senatus
• Dodd offers compromise on derivatives deadlock Washington Post
• Dodd, Corker Honeymoon Appears Over Wall Street Journal
• Reid Says He Has Votes to Limit Debate on Financial Regulation Bloomberg
• Remarks of Chairman Gary Gensler, OTC Derivatives Reform at the Association for Financial Professionals CFTC
• Warren On Looming Pre-Emption Compromise: “States Ought to Be Able to Enforce Their Own Laws” FireDogLake
• Will Lincoln Cave on Derivatives After the Primary? OpenCongress.com
• Corker: Four or five GOP senators will vote for Wall Street reform bill The Hill
• Lobbyists Opposed To Derivatives Reform Outnumber Reform Lobbyists 11 To 1: Report Huffington Post
• A Man against the Machine Project Syndicate
• Conspiracy of Banks Rigging States Converged in Mortgage Crash Bloomberg
• Credit Cards Could Face State Rate Caps in Financial Overhaul Bloomberg
• Why Merkley-Levin Is Necessary New Deal 2.0
• Moody's Head Of Sovereign Ratings Pierre Cailleteau Leaving Disgraced Firm ZeroHedge
• Senate deal reached on state preemption: aides Reuters
• Brownback Defends Predatory Lenders In Misleading Letter To Pentagon Huffington Post
• NAST Takes On Swaps, Ratings Bond Buyer
• Credit-Rating Companies May Be Endangered Species: David Pauly Bloomberg
• Washington Reform Update: Did Angel Investors Get Their Wings? peHub
• Transparency in Financial Reform: Because God Doesn't Like Secrets Huffington Post
• Senate rejects ban of naked credit default swaps Marketwatch

May 17

• Bishop Says Corruption Hinders U.S. Financial Regulation: Video Bloomberg
• It's Time to End Risky Gambling on Wall Street Huffington Post
• Senate Moves to End Debate, Vote on Financial Bill Bloomberg
• May 17th: Follow the money from Wall Street to K Street SEIU.org
• Labor groups descend on K Street to protest Wall Street lobby The Hill
• Frank Says Senate’s Stronger Rules Will Sway Financial Bill Bloomberg
• Geithner Meeting Barnier on Basel III Creates Capital Pressure Bloomberg
• Video: Financial reform nears finish line Reuters
• The Wall Street Standard: Volcker Rule Opponents Pushing For 60-Vote Threshold Huffington Post
• White House sees financial reform passing before July 4 The Hill
• Senators preparing for final Wall Street reform vote this weekThe Hill
• Obama's terms for financial overhaul remain mostly intact Washington Post
• Dodd enters final days of last battle The Hill
• Senate Democrats to battle over strength of Wall Street reform legislation The Hill
• Vote On Cornyn Amendment For Blocking US Bailouts Of Overindebted Foreign Countries ZeroHedge
• PREVIEW-Wall St. reform’s final round in U.S. Senate Reuters
• Financial Reform Inevitable? Don't Bank on It Time

May 16

• Merkley-Levin Is a Joke Economics of Contempt
• Thoughts/Predictions on Financial Reform Economics of Contempt
• Key reform issues Financial Times
• Democrats open to talks on derivatives Financial Times
• Wall Street lobbyists braced for defeat Financial Times
• Nightmare on Wall Street Politco
• The US Intelligentsia and Middle Class Are In the Firm Grip of Fear, Fraud and Denial Jesse's Cafe
• Wall Street's Lying Lobbyist, Bernanke Strikes Again The Daily Bail
• How A Primary Election In Arkansas With Bizarre Rules Could Screw Over Wall Street On Derivatives Reform Business Insider
• The Volcker Rule: It's Alive! Business Insider
• The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown: Problems and Solutions Harvard Law School Forum
• Senate Passes Several Amendments to Financial Reform Legislation Alston & Bird
• Major Loophole In Senate Financial Reform Bill, Derivatives Reform May Be Illusory Huffington Post
• Protesters to jam K Street Monday Huffington Post
• Class Warfare: Hundreds Protest Outside Bankers' Houses In DC Huffington Post
• Auto Dealers Campaign to Fend Off Regulation New York Times

May 15

• Senate Seen as Nearing Final Vote on Financial Reform Senatus
• Obama: Wall Street reform needed to protect from downturn The Hill

May 14

• DERIVATIVES BATTLE ROYALE: Will There Be A Midnight Massacre Of Blanche Lincoln Over Section 106? The Daily Bail
• Derivatives Update 5/14: SAFER and A Loophole Fix? Rortybomb
• Geithner Says Europe Will Manage Crisis as U.S. Keeps Growing Bloomberg
• Bernanke, Siding With Banks, Opposes Plan To Spin Off Swaps Desks Huffington Post
• Here Is Why Jon Kyl Thinks The Fed Should Preserve Its "Going Forward" Secrecy ZeroHedge
• CEOs from far and wide band against financial bill provision Washington Post
• Senate Amends Financial Overhaul Bill New York Times
• Debit Fee Cut Is a Rare Loss for Big Banks New York Times
• GOP not ready to end bank bill talks Politico
• Senate Approves New Curbs On Rating Agencies, Though One Provision Overlooked Huffington Post
• Senate Approves Plan to Raise Capital Standards for Big Banks Bloomberg
• Senate Votes to Reign in Debit Fees Open Congress
• Corker Lies: ‘We All Realize That There’s No Real Attempt’ For Bipartisan Financial Reform Wonk Room
• Wall Street's Conflicts Of Interests: Senate Debates Fiduciary Duty Huffington Post
• Reform Bill Does Not Mandate Enough Derivatives Disclosure, Shelby Says Bank Digest
• Shelby Calls for Housing GSE Reform Bank Digest
• Dodd Resists Efforts to Shield Auto Dealers Bank Digest
• Tax increase on carried interest struggles in the Senate The Hill
• Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN): NO IMF BAILOUT OF EUROPE The Daily Bail
• Help! What's the Cure for Financial Insanity? Huffington Post

May 13

• Today in FinReg amendments Washington Post
• Rating Agency, Anti-Trust Exemption Votes Today; Lincoln Protected By Senate Club Fire Dog Lake
• Senate backs curbs on credit raters, card fees Reuters
• Musings On The Treasury-Financial Complex ZeroHedge
• Moynihan Is Obama’s Top Bank Ally on Rules Overhaul Bloomberg
• Senate Passes Plan Aimed at Eliminating Credit Rating Conflicts Bloomberg
• Bernanke Says Swaps Measure Would Threaten Stability Bloomberg

May 12

• Senate Approves Amendment To Ban Liar's Loans, 'Steering Payments' For Loan Originators Huffington Post
• Cardin-Grassley Amendment Extends Whistleblower Protections to NRSRO Employees CCH Federal Securities Law Reporter
• Reed Amendment Would Impose SEC Registration on Advisers to PE and VC Funds CCH Federal Securities Law Reporter
• IOSCO and the Future of Securities Regulation Greg Tanzer, Secretary General, IOSCO
• Centrists senators push for greater federal power in consumer regulations The Hill
• Last week's stock plunge largely caused by big Wall Street firms, SEC chief says Washington Post
• Some Updates on Consumer Financial Protection in the Senate Bill New Deal 2.0
• Three Consumer Financial Reform Amendments Rortybomb
• TARP could shrink under financial reform bill BailoutSleuth.com
• Fed’s Comeback ‘Punch’ Wins Senate Fights on Rates, Oversight Bloomberg
• Fed scores wins in Wall Street reform CNNMoney.com
• Bernanke saw threat to U.S. banks from Europe: Shelby Reuters
• PIMCO's McCulley Discusses The Ticking $3 Trillion Shadow Banking Time Bomb, Defends The Fed As Head Regulator ZeroHedge
• Video: Gregg Says Financial Overhaul Bill `Going the Wrong Way' Bloomberg
• Putting the Economy at Risk to Protect Wall Street Profits The White House Blog
• Close Call - Paul Volcker just saved Wall Street's bankers ... and now he owns them The New Republic

May 11

• McConnell: Two More Weeks For Financial Reform Talking Points Memo
• Progressives Drive Hard Bargain On Wall Street Bill Talking Points Memo
• Roll call for Vitter amendment #3760 -- 37-62 US Senate
• Roll call for Sanders amendment #3738 -- 96-0 US Senate
• Whip count on the “Merkley-Levin Amendment” Public Citizen
• Senate Votes to Audit Fed Emergency Steps, Rejects Wider Probe Bloomberg
• Press release - Agreements with foreign central banks to reestablish temporary dollar swap facilities Federal Reserve
• BofA, JPMorgan, Wells Face Debit-Card Curbs in Durbin Proposal Bloomberg
• Durbin Debit Card Interchange Fees legislation Fact sheet
• US plans law to ban banks betting against clients Times Online
• Al Franken's plan to end the credit rating conflicts Credit Risk Chronicles
• Bailout Battle Reshapes Arkansas Race Wall Street Journal
• What We Need In Addition to Criminal Prosecutions The Fourteenth Banker Blog
• The Big Bank Lobby: Too Big to Bear? Huffington Post
• Daily Digest New Deal 2.0
• Big Bank Takeover: Report Blames Revolving Door For 'Too Big To Fail' Huffington Post
• Big Bank Takeover Campaign for America's Future
• Senate to vote on Fed audit around 11:30 EDT -Reid Reuters
• Sen. Reed Revives VC Registration Plan, But Sets Higher Threshold Venture Wire
• It's Time to Tax the Wall Street Casino Harvard Business Review
• Bust Up the Banks Newsweek
• Franken Amendment Picks Up Bipartisan Support Huffington Post
• Merkley-Levin Amendment Promotes Lending to Small Businesses Youtube
• JPMorgan sees balanced financial reform prevailing Reuters
• Bernanke briefs lawmakers on EU The Hill
• Video: FDIC's Bair Discusses Securitization Risk-Retention Rule Bloomberg
• BofA, JPMorgan, Wells Face Debit-Card Curbs in Durbin Proposal Bloomberg
• Report Says Credit CARD Act Helps Borrowers Pay Down Debt Faster Bank Digest
• Behind-the-scenes battle raging in Congress over fiduciary amendment Investment News
• Testimony of Chairman Gary Gensler Before the House Committee on Financial Services CFTC
• Gensler Lays Out Timeline for Wild Wall St. Trading New York Times
• UPDATE:Rep Sherman:Should Consider Tax On High-Frequency Trading Wall Street Journal
• Bernanke Said to Tell Senators Euro Aid No Panacea Bloomberg
• GOP drafts bill to prevent Geithner from voting for IMF loans to EU members The Hill
• FDIC Safe Harbor Changes Could Risk Investor Confidence Housing Wire
• A Proposal to End Shady Car Dealers New York Times

May 10

• Sanders 'cautiously optimistic' of passage for modified Fed audit The Hill
• Bachus Requests Public Review of Reform Legislation Bank Digest
• SAFER Makes The Argument for Why Banks Should Not Be Derivative Dealers Rortybomb
• Merkley, Levin Amendment Could Spark Fight With Wall Street Wall Street Journal
• US senators target high-risk speculation AFP
• Jack Reed Introduces Amendment To Close Dodd Bill 'Loophole' Huffington Post
• Senate's Wall Street reform bill churns ahead Reuters
• COLUMN-What’s in a word? Senate battle on derivatives: John Kemp Reuters
• Fed's Kocherlakota: Financial Reform Bill Can't End Bailouts Or 'Too Big To Fail' Huffington Post
• Crisis fund is 'morphine' for markets-IMF official Reuters
• The government bails out the banks who bail out the governments who bail out the banks who… Asia Times
• Trading in Hubris: Pride, Overreach, and the Inevitable Blowback and Consequences Jesse's Cafe
• Fed Restarts Currency-Swap Tool as Sovereign-Debt Crisis Flares Bloomberg
• EU Crafts $962 Billion Show of Force to Halt Euro Crisis Bloomberg
• Summary Of The Biggest Bail Out Ever: Even Keynes Is Spinning In His Grave ZeroHedge
• ECB to Buy Bonds In Secondary Market to 'Address Severe Tensions In Certain Market Segments' Jesse's Cafe
• Guest post: El-Erian on Europe’s ‘massive policy response’ FT Alphaville $$$
• Can a Clearinghouse Really Stop the Next Financial Crisis? Credit Risk Chronicles
• It’s Time for the Big Banks to Spin Off their Craps Tables PR Watch
• Dodd Says Market Plunge Illustrates Need for Financial Overhaul Bloomberg
• High Frequency Terrorism: How the Big Banks and Federal Reserve Maintained Their Death Grip Over the US Amped Status
• Payday lenders and check cashers fight financial reform legislation in Congress Washington Post
• Reid seeks to fast-track financial overhaul bill Washington Post
• Sen. Warner: Democrats will take on Fannie and Freddie reform next year The Hill
• Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Chair‎: "Not Much Has Changed, If Anything" Washington's Blog

May 9

• Senate Passes Seven Amendments to Financial Reform Legislation Alston & Bird
• Banks Lobbying Against Derivatives Trading Ban New York Times
• Banks warn Volcker rule will damage consumers The Guardian
• Levin Aims to Ban Banks From Betting Against Customers Wall Street Journal
• EU Preps $645 Billion Fund to Fight ‘Wolfpack,’ Debt Crisis Bloomberg
• Wolfpack watch (clap…clap…clap…) FT Alphaville $$$
• Votes on US financial reform to be tight Financial Times $$$
• Fiduciary add-ons to reform bill in flux Investment News
• Reinhart Squared: Is The US Too Big To Fail? (Must Read) ZeroHedge
• Consensus for Limits to Secrecy at the Fed New York Times
• Ron Paul: Audit the Fed! No More Bailouts! Ron Paul
• Press release regarding dollar swap lines to foreign central banks Federal Reserve
• The Call – A Fictional Look at the 25 Minute Market Crash ZeroHedge
• Americans Have Been Bailing Out Foreign Banks for Years Washington's Blog
• Warning on systemic market risk Financial Times $$$
• Dodd: Get financial reform bill passed to shield from Dow plunges, Greece turmoil The Hill
• GOP chips away at Wall St. bill Politco
• The Bennett lesson: All incumbents beware Politico

May 8

• Shelby: Bank Bill Should Include Mortgage Firms AP
• Creating a Dynamic Investment Management Regulatory Scheme Harvard Law School Forum on Corp Governance & Fin Regulation
• TARP chief: Consumer protection must be in Wall Street reform TheHill.com
• Durbin sees 'substantial' GOP support for Wall Street reform on final passage TheHill.com
• Shelby: GOP really standing with small businesses in financial bill opposition TheHill.com
• Loosening the Iron Grip of Corporate Power Huffington Post
• 'Greece is like Bear Stearns. But there's a few Lehmans out there' Washington Post
• Trouble With the “End User” Exemption Yglesias
• Balance in the Washington Post Matt Taibbi
• Thursday’s Stock Free Fall May Prompt New Rules New York Times

May 7

• Falling Back On Waterloo The Baseline Scenario
• US Banks: Regulation - Client presentation Goldman Sachs
• Former Fed Chairman Volcker Opposes Forcing Banks To Spin Off Swaps Desks Huffington Post
• We Must End Fed Secrecy Huffington Post
• Congressman Grayson Now Backs Sanders Amendment Washington's Blog
• Fed Chairman Bernanke and Former Chairman Volcker Send Letters Opposing Amendment to Audit the Fed Alston & Bird
• Ignoring the Elephant in the Bailout New York Times
• Banks win the day in Congress; Obama calls it ‘reform’ Washington Examiner
• Al Franken: The rating agencies had 'a reason to be stupid' Washington Post
• Senator Kaufman's Launches New Attack On HFT: Suggests Pre-Trade Risk Controls Business Insider
• Galbraith, Baker & Auerbach: White House Should Opposition to Audit the Fed Fire Dog Lake
• Senate Leaders Argue over Consumer Protection Issues Financial Crisis News Center
• Keeping the Fed Honest Slate
• Fed Audit Compromise Amendment Praised By Fed Critics Huffington Post
• Corker says he'll seek 'surgical' consumer protection changes next week The Hill
• Bipartisan statesmanship reigns in Senate banking debate McClatchy
• Senate Rejects Consumer, Bank-Size Amendments to Overhaul Bill Bloomberg
• How ‘Hard to Fathom’ Derivatives Rule Emerged in U.S. Senate Bloomberg
• Vitter to Offer Grayson/Paul Audit the Fed Amendment as Stand-Alone Amendment Fire Dog Lake
• Unwashed Masses 1, Fed 0: Sanders Scores Talking Points Memo
• SEC Kicks Off Muni Inquiry The Bond Buyer

May 6

• Ron Paul says Bernie Sanders 'sold out' on Fed amendment The Hill
• Senate Nod to Fed Audit Is Expected New York Times
• Draft of Sanders amendment as of 5:00 pm 5/6/10
• Fed Audit Amendment Deal Struck In Senate Huffington Post
• Sanders agrees to modify measure requiring Fed audit The Hill
• Details of the Revised "Audit the Fed" Amendment Opencongress.org
• SEC: Broker-dealers should be held to fiduciary standard Marketwatch
• Senate Votes For Wall Street; Megabanks To Remain Behemoths Huffington Post
• Fed Audit Deal Reached In Senate Washington's Blog
• Brown/Kaufman Too Big to Fail Amendment Falls Senatus
• Reid Backs Breaking Up Banks, Auditing Fed Huffington Post
• Sanders' Fed Audit Amendment Likely To Prevail TPM
• Bernanke Says Audit Measure Threatens Independence Bloomberg (May 6)
• Surveillance Over the Federal Reserve: On the Sanders Amendment Brad DeLong
• Sanders: White House Lobbies Against Amendment to Audit Fed with “Bogus” Arguments ABC News
• Feingold Will Filibuster FinReg Without Serious Banking Reform Fire Dog Lake
• Video: Eisinger Says SEC Needs `Market Experts' to Regulate Bloomberg
• Senate Passes Bank Insurance Amendment New York Times
• Sanders notes 'high hurdle' for audit the Fed measure The Hill
• Where Financial Reform Starts Rortybomb
• Obama opposes Republican amendment on Wall St reform Reuters
• Reid says expect late night in the Senate on Wall Street reform bill The Hill
• Hank Paulson's Wall Street Reform Proposals Stronger Than Pending Senate Bill Huffington Post
• Senator Jim DeMint: "U.S. Taxpayers Are Helping Finance Greek Bailout" ZeroHedge
• New Law Forces CEOs To Humbly Shrug Before Receiving Massive Bonuses The Onion

May 5

• Senate Strikes Deal on Failing Financial Firms Wall Street Journal
• Fed Scrambles to Stave Off Oversight Wall Street Journal
• JPMorgan Says It’s ‘Sorry’ After Analyst Criticizes Senators Bloomberg
• GOP mulls pay-go challenge to Wall Street reform legislation The Hill
• Dodd-Shelby deal paves way for votes Politico
• Senators Seek to Force Fed Disclosure of Borrowers Bloomberg
• When Will Tim Geithner, Who Has The "Biggest Conflict Of Interest", Recuse Himself Of Fed Audit Deliberations? ZeroHedge
• Shelby warns financial bill still doesn't have his full support The Hill
• Specter proposes jail time for B-Ds who violate standards Investment News
• Sen. Lincoln Plan to Allow Swaps Desk to Go in Affiliate Wall Street Journal
• Bipartisan 'Too Big to Fail' Deal Clears Way for Amendment Votes Wall Street Journal
• Dodd/Shelby Financial Reform Amendment Passes Senatus
• Wall Street reform, process update: voting to finally begin (UPDATED) Open Left.org
• Ben Nelson says he's still not on board with Wall Street reform bill The Hill
• Boxer Financial Reform Bailout Amendment Passes Senatus
• An Interview About Auditing the Fed with Dean Baker Rortybomb
• SHELBY STATEMENT ON AMENDMENT TO END ‘TOO BIG TO FAIL’ Senate Banking Committee
• DODD STATEMENT ON REACHING AN AGREEMENT WITH SEN. SHELBY Senate Banking Committee
• Rep. Grayson: Geithner Blocking Fed Audit Out of ‘Conflict of Interest’ ABC News
• Dodd-Shelby agreement clears way for amendment votes to Wall St. reform The Hill
• Reid: GOP is 'making love to Wall Street' The Hill
• Burr & McCaskill Flip-Flop For Wall Street on Audit the Fed Fire Dog Lake
• Durbin Considers Cramdown-Related Amendment As Part Of Wall Street Reform Huffington Post
• Tax on banks would be ‘premature’, Basel chief claims Bobsguide
• Al Franken Takes On “Too Big To Fail” Rating Agencies Fire Dog Lake
• Gross disagrees with Buffett, finds ratings agencies ‘nonsensical’ Credit Writedowns

May 4

• OTC Derivatives and Central Clearing: Can all transactions be cleared? DefaultRisk.com
• Dorgan Discusses Financial Rules Bill Amendments: Video Bloomberg
• SNOWE OFFERS TWO KEY AMENDMENTS TO FINANCIAL REGULATION LEGISLATION Senator Olympia J. Snowe
• The Hard Work on Financial Reform New York Times
• Divided Dems fight over Wall St. reform The Hill
• Debate Flares on Goldman’s Role as Market Maker New York Times
• The Fed Must Be Audited Because It Has Taken Numerous Actions Which Are Far Beyond Its Authorized Powers Washington's Blog
• ANALYSIS-Bank capital rules are regulatory drive’s top test Reuters
• Survival of the fittest regulation Reuters
• Risk management weaknesses at finance firms persist - EIU survey Finextra
• Key Senators in partial agreement on Wall Street reform Reuters
• The Financial Crisis: We Know Enough; Now Let's Do Enough Huffington Post
• Pre-avoiding regulation, Goldman style FT Alphaville
• Yves Smith Of Naked Capitalism On Failed Economists, Goldman Sachs & Wall Street Reform (WATCH) The Daily Bail
• Whitehouse Amendment to Senate Reform Bill Would Mandate Independent Compensation Consultants Jim Hamilton's World of Securities Regulation
• Specter Amendment Would Provide Private Right of Action for Aiding and Abetting Jim Hamilton's World of Securities Regulation
• Specter Amendment Would Provide Private Right of Action for Aiding and Abetting Jim Hamilton's World of Securities Regulation
• MegaBanks Must be Capped to Prevent Next Crisis Bank Digest
• Dodd and Shelby Agree on Finance Plan to Bar Bank Bailouts Bloomberg
• Durbin, Number Two Senate Democrat, Backs Breaking Up Banks Huffington Post
• JPMorgan Chase Memo Sneers At 'Ignorant' Senators, 'Time For The Grownups To Step In' HuffPo
• The 10 Most Wanted Lobbyist Loopholes The White House
• Lobbyists fret over legislation to reshape financial system Washington Post
• US Congress Looks for New Ways to Tax Financial Services Reuters
• ’13 Bankers,’ Financialization and the Real Economy Rortybomb
• McConnell doubts Wall St. reform done by next week The Hill
• Reid: Wall Street reform must be finished by next week The Hill
• Corker sees Wall St. reform as 'pretty likely' to pass as Senate begins amending The Hill
• Video: Senator Grassley Says He Doesn't Support TARP Bank Tax Bloomberg
• Volcker Optimistic on Outlook for Derivatives Reform CNBC
• Bill To Ban Members Of Congress From Becoming Lobbyists Wins Cosponsor In Senate Huffington Post
• Apple, Whirlpool Among Companies Calling For Relaxed Standards For Wall Street Huffington Post
• Voting begins in Senate on Wall Street reform Reuters
• A glimpse into financial hell FT Alphaville

May 3

• Merkley backing a push to give states strong powers to regulate insurance The Hill (May 3)
• Few like Blanche Lincoln's derivatives proposal Washington Post (May 3)
• Financial Reform: One Tough Anti-Derivatives Measure is DOA, and Others May Follow BNet (May 3)
• AFR Supports the Prohibition Against Federal Government Bailouts of Swap Entities Americans for Financial Reform (May 3)
• Video: Alan Grayson, Ron Paul, and Dylan Ratigan Discuss Auditing the Fed MSNBC (May 3)
• Controversial Financial Reform Amendments Likely to Require Sixty Votes Senatus (May 3)
• Is Obama losing control of U.S. financial reform? Reuters (May 3)
• Durbin: Dems might not have to accept GOP amendments to pass Wall St. reform The Hill (May 3)
• Amending Wall Street The Hill (May 3)
• Rahm Working With Fed To Beat Back Audit Huffington Post (May 3)
• Yellow Light on Populist Financial Reform The Moderate Voice (May 3)
• Obama and Democrats struggle with details of proposed tax on banks The Hill (May 3)
• "Too Big to Fail," Auditing the Fed, and the Return of Glass Steagall Daily Kos (May 3)
• Big decision on amendments to Wall Street reform coming early this afternoon Open Left (May 3)
• How to Avoid a 'Bailout Bill' Wall Street Journal (May 3)
• Bair Warns Against New Curbs on Bank Trading Wall Street Journal (May 3)
• Shelia Bair to Chairmen Dodd and Lincoln re derivatives trading within insured banks FDIC
• What Real Financial Reform Looks Like The People's Voice (May 3)

May 2

• Senate Financial Bill Misguided, Some Academics Say New York Times (May 2)
• Congress must stay focused on financial reform Investment News (May 2)

May 1

• Big labor backs bill requiring Fed audit The Hill (May 1)
• Fed official hits at ‘political meddling’ in reform bill Financial Times (May 1)
• What About the Raters? New York Times (May 1)
• FDIC concerned with swaps rules in Democrats' bill Reuters (May 1)
• Sherrod Brown says he lacks votes on 'too big to fail' amendment The Hill (May 1)
• Ted Kaufman's Mission To Break Up The Mega Banks The Daily Bail (May 1)
• Buffett To The Defense Of Ratings Agencies Wall Street Journal (May 1)