How did swaps regulation get into the CRomnibus? Ask this army of lobbyists

in the news | December 17, 2014

Vox

Lee Drutman:

The banks made it easy for Congress, and then made a convincing case for it - over, and over, and over again. And the other side just didn't have the resources or the manpower to refute it enough.

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