• Most Popular
  • Most Shared

Dodd financial reform to build off Obama base: aide

WASHINGTON
Thu Nov 5, 2009 3:17pm EST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A comprehensive financial regulation reform bill to be released within days by Senator Christopher Dodd will be based on the Obama administration's bill, with key differences, a Dodd aide said on Thursday.

Barack Obama

"We will use the administration's proposal as base text," Kirstin Brost, spokeswoman for Dodd, the Democratic chairman of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, told Reuters.

(Reporting by Kevin Drawbaugh; Editing by James Dalgleish)
Barack Obama


More from Reuters

Photo

European governments agree to help Greece: source

BERLIN (Reuters) - European governments have agreed in principle to help heavily indebted Greece, a senior German coalition source said on Tuesday, in what would be the first rescue of a euro zone member in the currency's 11-year history.

» More Top News
A Greek flag at the Bank of Greece is seen near a statue of ancient philosopher Socrates in Athens February 5, 2010. REUTERS/Yiorgos Karahalis

Avoiding "another Greece"

Don't count on the euro zone growing anytime soon. Getting into the single-currency club will be tougher than ever.  Full Article 

Global Markets
An unknown Toyota car covered in preparation for the Chicago Auto Show, February 9, 2010. REUTERS/John Gress
SPECIAL REPORT:

What went wrong at Toyota?

An inside look at the spectacular crisis embroiling one of the world's best-known brands shows a series of unheeded warnings and a stubborn refusal to listen.  Full Article | Video 

Autos