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Frank makes his case for UIGEA repeal in Congressional hearing

Rep. Barney Frank made his case today for repealing the UIGEA and creating regulated online gambling environment in a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, D.C. "The notion that this Congress should tell millions of adult Americans that we know better than they what they should with their own money on their own time on their own ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Barney Frank, Democrat, Republican, Poker

Thu Dec 03, 2009

CardPlayer.com

Barney Frank's Poker Hearing Concludes Without A Vote

In a sparsely attended hearing Thursday morning, Rep. Barney Frank delivered the case for the regulation of the online gaming industry.

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Related Topix: Games, Poker, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, CPU, Science / Technology

Auburn News

Republicans Displeased With Delay in Implementation of Gambling Law

Senior House Republicans, including a key supporter of a 2006 law designed to curb Internet gambling, said Wednesday that the Obama administration's decision to delay implementing the law thwarts the will of Congress.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Barney Frank, Democrat, Jim McDermott, Republican

MarketWatch

Broad restrictions on big banks approved

The nation's biggest banks would be hit with a raft of new fees, leverage limits and other restrictions under far-reaching 'too-big-to-fail' bank legislation approved by a key congressional committee on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Luis Gutierrez, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Financial Services, Republican

Wed Dec 02, 2009

Tribune-Star

House approves C.J.a s Home Protection Act

The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation Wednesday to provide Americans in the path of dangerous storms with life-saving warnings.

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Related Topix: Representative Brad Ellsworth, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Vanderburgh County, IN, Republican, Dennis Moore, Kay Granger, Weather

Poker News

Preview of Dec. 3 Committee Hearing

Internet poker will be the topic Thursday on Capitol Hill as Rep. Barney Frank leads a hearing of his two poker-related bills in the House Financial Services Committee of which he is chairman.

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Related Topix: Games, Poker, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Barney Frank, Democrat, Republican

Asia Times

The folly of deregulation

Page 1 of 5 DERIVATIVE MARKET REFORM, Part 1 The folly of deregulation By Henry C K Liu On October 7, 2009, the United States House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services at long last held a public hearing on "Reform of the Over-the-Counter Derivative Market: Limiting Risk and Ensuring Fairness". OTC derivatives are contracts executed ...

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Related Topix: Financial Services, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Barney Frank, Democrat, Melissa Bean, Collin Peterson, Republican

Mon Nov 30, 2009

Decatur Daily

Morgan Price candy works as event bait

For Alabama Tourism Director Lee Sentell , the cost of a box of Morgan Price candy was giving a speech for the annual tourism awards breakfast hosted by the Decatur-Morgan County Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Decatur-Morgan County Hospitality Association.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Decatur Metro, Decatur, AL, Morgan County, AL, Athens, AL, Limestone County, AL

Sat Nov 28, 2009

Associated Content

Consumer Financial Protection Agency: House Financial Services Committee Approves, Do You?

What will the Consumer Financial Protection Agency do? As part of President Obama's plan to overhaul the loan and credit industries, one role of the Consumer Financial Protection Agency will be to write many new rules aimed at protecting consumers in the areas of loans and credit.

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Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Michael Castle

Wed Nov 25, 2009

Insurance News Net

AIG's Allies to Pay Czar: Back Off!Loading...

Copyright 2009 TheStreet.com, Inc.All Rights Reserved TheStreet.com November 24, 2009 Tuesday 16:43 PM EST SECTION: NEWS & ANALYSIS; Insurance LENGTH: 323 words HEADLINE: AIG's Allies to Pay Czar: Back Off! BYLINE: Andrea Tse, TheStreet.com Staff Reporter.

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Related Topix: TheStreetcom, Media, Computers, New York Metro, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives

Mon Nov 23, 2009

Realty Times Market

Washington Report: Congress Pressures FHA

Congressional pressure on FHA continued to mount last week, with the ranking Republican on the House Financial Services Committee demanding hearings on the stability of the housing agency.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Barney Frank, Democrat

Sun Nov 22, 2009

NAFCU

House Financial Services eyes FHA finances

Nov. 19, 2009 - A hearing on the Federal Housing Administration's risk management practices and finances will be held following the Thanksgiving holiday, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, D-Mass., said Wednesday.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Barney Frank, Democrat, Maxine Waters, Republican, Shelley Moore Capito, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Sat Nov 21, 2009

MarketWatch

Panel OKs measure for council to break up banks

Financial institutions that are too large and overly interconnected could be broken up if a proposed council of regulators finds their collapse would put the economic system at risk, according to a controversial measure approved Wednesday by a key congressional panel taking on bank-regulatory reform.

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Related Topix: Paul Kanjorski, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Barney Frank, Republican, Jeb Hensarling

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Bloomberg

AIG `Backdoor Bailout' House Hearing Demanded by Republicans Blunt, Bachus

Republican lawmakers demanded a Congressional hearing to review whether the Federal Reserve Bank of New York was unprepared to deal with the bailout of American International Group Inc.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Roy Blunt, Republican, US House of Representatives, Banking, Financial Services, Bank of New York, Insurance, American International Group

Thu Nov 19, 2009

MarketWatch

Lawmakers cap leverage for big institutions

Large banks would pay fees into a $150 billion fund to be used to make payouts to the creditors and counterparties of a failed big bank so that its collapse would not unsettle the financial markets, under a provision of bank regulatory reform legislation being considered by a congressional committee Thursday.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Luis Gutierrez, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Ron Paul, Republican, Economics News, Bankruptcy, Jeb Hensarling

Wed Nov 18, 2009

MarketWatch

Lawmakers eye measure to let banks buy guarantees

Lawmakers on a key House committee considered a measure Wednesday that would allow major banking institutions to voluntarily pay fees through which they would buy federal guarantees for financial assets.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Barney Frank, Democrat, Republican

Sat Nov 14, 2009

The Mobile Register Online

Your Views: Alabamians top the list when it comes to making family a priority

There are lots of jokes about Alabama not being top 10 in the nation on any number of issues.

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Related Topix: Alabama, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Jeff Sessions, US Senate, Birmingham, AL, Birmingham Metro, Life, Holidays, New Year's Day/Eve

Wed Nov 11, 2009

NAFCU

Military groups urge no systemic-risk fees for CUs

Nov. 10, 2009 - Military groups opposed to seeing credit unions assessed monies by FDIC for a systemic risk fund for the wind-down of large financial firms are making their views known on Capitol Hill.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Barney Frank, Democrat, Republican

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Examiner.com

Every Alabama Congressman voted 'no' on H.R. 3962

H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act. Did Big Insurance get to them? From President Obama's address on health care to a joint session of Congress September 9, 2009 "So let me set the record straight here.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Robert Aderholt, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Jo Bonner, Mike Rogers, Democrat, Artur Davis

Poker News

Bump in the the Road for Online Poker

Senator Jon Kyl and Rep. Spencer Bachus co-signed a letter to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke last week opposing calls to delay the Dec.

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Related Topix: Games, Poker, US Politics, Jon Kyl, US News, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives, Barney Frank, Democrat, US Treasury

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