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Dodd Frank Bank Reform Bill

The Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (, ) is a federal statute in the United States that was signed into law by President Barack Obama on July 21, 2010. The Act implements financial regulatory reform sponsored by the Democratically controlled 111th United States Congress and the Obama administration.

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President Obama and Democrats must reconsider Dodd-Frank

President Obama and Congressional Democrats have shifted into full campaign mode, using every taxpayer funded campaign stop to raise money and continue their efforts to incite class warfare around the country.

 While these intentionally divisive methods seem at odds with the president's 2008 message of "hope and change," it makes sense when you consider that the full  effect of their legislative performance is only now becoming clear.The shortfalls of the Affordable Care Act, dubbed by politicos and the media as "ObamaCare", have already been well documented; the legislation could be struck down by the Supreme Court later this year.  However, almost simultaneously, came the "shock and awe" from members of Congress who muscled through the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Thi is a piece of legislation that reconfigured the financial industry with the same broad strokes they used on ObamaCare. Playing off lingering resentment toward Wall Street in the wake of the ...

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