The biggest reform to US financial regulation since the 1930s became law after President Barack Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Act at a ceremony in Washington
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US President Barack Obama urged lawmakers to resist pressure to weaken a financial reform bill and called again for an independent consumer watchdog to help prevent future financial crises
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President Barack Obama's efforts to win final approval of a historic financial regulatory reform bill looked more complicated on Saturday after a Republican senator threatened to oppose it
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Chris Dodd, the Senate banking committee chairman, said that he would introduce a financial regulatory reform bill next week in a substantial move forward for one of President Barack Obama's legislative priorities.
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Barack Obama promised to reform Washington's spending habits, even as he prepared to sign a $410bn spending bill including some 9,000 "earmarks" for individual projects inserted by legislators
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Barack Obama, US president, is set to push for financial regulatory reform, including some of its more controversial elements, as Republican opposition to the bill appears to be softening
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As President Barack Obama signed sweeping financial reform legislation into law on Wednesday, one important area in dire need of an overhaul has been largely ignored by lawmakers
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Gordon Brown will travel to Washington to urge Barack Obama to sign up to a "new deal" designed to rein in the reckless behaviour of banks and financial markets across the globe.
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The prospects for passage of sweeping financial reform legislation have improved recently as negotiations over the bill enter the final stretch, senior officials in the Obama administration said
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President Barack Obama will travel to New York to argue for a financial regulatory overhaul in a speech that White House officials hope will define the closing stages of Washington's most expensive lobbying battle in years
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The US House of Representatives will vote on a healthcare bill that incorporates a significant tax increase for the wealthy, senior Democrats said, as Barack Obama, president, tries to steer his most cherished reform into law
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