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Blue Dogs Offer Own Spin on Finance Reform

Float alternative to Obama's financial protection agency

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 21, 2009 1:40 PM CDT

(Newser) – Blue Dogs are digging in against the idea of creating a “consumer financial protection agency,” a key provision in Barack Obama’s financial regulatory reform plan, Politico reports. Instead, they want existing regulators to collaborate by way of a “consumer financial protection... Read full story »

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