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  1. Super PAC profile: State bankers target lawmakers over Dodd Frank law

    By Nancy Watzman Apr 5, 2012 12:08 p.m.

    A group of state-based banking associations have launched a new Super PAC--known as "Friends of Traditional Banking"--to target lawmakers who they consider hostile or friendly to their concerns: namely, the Dodd-Frank financial overhaul law.

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  2. Big financial interests chip away at Dodd Frank regulations

    By Nancy Watzman Mar 26, 2012 4:43 p.m.

    Today the House plans to take up two industry-backed bills dealing with derivatives, the hitherto opaque financial instruments so crucial to the 2008 meltdown, under a procedure usually reserved for noncontroversial matters.

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  3. Big lobbyists battle for big and small clients over Dodd Frank fee cap

    By Ryan Sibley Feb 11, 2011 11:07 a.m.

    As the House Committee on Financial Services readies for next week's hearings to discuss new regulations for the banking industry, lobbyists lined up to battle over the changes, extending a battle between small banks, big banks and big retailers.

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