What’s New on Capitol Hill?
April 16th, 2011
Senate Republicans announced they will introduce legislation today that would repeal the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform law. Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) said “We must repeal the Democrats’ takeover of the financial markets that favors Wall Street corporations, over-regulates small businesses with massive new bureaucracy and hurts consumers.” The bill currently has 18 co-sponsors.
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) assured freshmen Republican lawmakers that he has not agreed to a specific number in budget talks, despite Vice President (more…)