House Republicans look to undo Dodd-Frank law

The Washington Post reports:

Republicans who eagerly awaited a GOP president so they could take a heavy knife to many of the regulatory requirements for banks, insurers and other financial institutions finally get their chance.

The House Financial Services Committee, led by Texas Rep. Jeb Hensarling, is slated to begin work Tuesday on legislation to largely undo the Dodd-Frank law, which Congress passed and Democratic President Barack Obama signed after the financial meltdown in 2008.

The full article is here.

An op-ed regarding the effort to repeal the Dodd-Frank "orderly liquidation " authority for banks deemed "too big to fail" is here.

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