House Passes Bill to Ease Some Wall Street Regulations

Thursday, January 15th, 2015

The House Wednesday passed a bill to ease nearly a dozen Wall Street regulations, the latest legislative effort to roll back provisions of the 2010 Dodd-Frank law. 

The House voted 271-154 to pass the measure, which included a controversial delay to a provision stemming from Dodd-Frank requiring banks to sell stakes in certain complex securities.

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