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Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT · 12m Why would I make that up? (Original Post) elleng Mar 2020 OP
That is who the Republicans represent first and foremost. BeckyDem Mar 2020 #1
That JA! The first thing I heard this AM was McTurtle groaning on TV at how bad the House Speaker napi21 Mar 2020 #2

BeckyDem

(8,361 posts)
1. That is who the Republicans represent first and foremost.
Mon Mar 23, 2020, 01:53 PM
Mar 2020

Dick Durbin: Banks “Frankly Own The Place”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dick-durbin-banks-frankly_n_193010


When Wall Street and K Street team up, the impact can be felt by anyone living on or near Main Street.

Perhaps the most prominent recent example of this three-way intersection is the Dodd-Frank Act and the activity that’s followed it. Originally lobbied for by liberal-leaning K-Street shops and intended to protect consumers, many on Wall Street feel that Dodd-Frank went too far in terms of enacting regulations that put a crunch on their operations. In turn, banks passed along that newly felt crunch to their Main Street clients in the form of higher fees, slower processes and significantly tighter lending practices. Since 2010, Wall Street and conservative-leaning K-Street shops have lobbied Congress relentlessly to repeal certain sections of Dodd-Frank so they can purportedly better serve customers on Main Street. And around and around the traffic circle goes.

https://financialengines.com/education-center/the-intersection-of-wall-street-k-street-and-main-street/

napi21

(45,806 posts)
2. That JA! The first thing I heard this AM was McTurtle groaning on TV at how bad the House Speaker
Mon Mar 23, 2020, 02:00 PM
Mar 2020

is because she didn't get her way so she went home to SF! This is a time e should abandon politics & ork together for the people. I should have known he was lying.

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