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Tag: Glass-Steagall Act

Glass-Steagall: Warren and Sanders bring it back into focus

May 13, 2015 Madonna Gauding Congress, Economy, Financial reform 4 comments

Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are putting a new focus on the Glass-Steagall Act, which was, unfortunately, repealed in 1999 and led directly

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Sen. Ted Kaufman demands real financial reform

March 15, 2010 Madonna Gauding Economy, Financial reform, Obama 6 comments

Finally, a Democratic senator stood up and outlined the necessary financial reform that the Obama administration has yet to initiate. For over a year,

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