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On June 8, the House of Representatives passed the Financial CHOICE Act of 2017 in a bid to reform the financial regulatory system created by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.  The bill, which passed the chamber on a vote of 233 to 186, has received support from the Trump Administration but is expected to face resistance in the Senate. 

If passed and signed into law, the bill would relax Dodd-Frank capital requirements, scale back the authority of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and repeal the Volcker Rule, which limits the ability of banks to engage in proprietary trading.        Read More ›