https://freerepublic.com/tag/nccain/ en-us Sat, 19 Dec 2009 07:04:51 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411007/posts US Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) proposed reinstating the Depression-era Glass-Steagall Act that split commercial and investment banking to rein in Wall Street firms in response to the financial crisis. McCain and Cantwell join other lawmakers in Congress proposing to reinstate the 1933 law, repealed a decade ago by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act that led to a rise in conglomerates including Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America active in retail banking, insurance and proprietary trading. Legislation to reinstate the ban was introduced yesterday in the House. Under the Senate legislation, financial firms operating commercial banks and investment... NY Post https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411007/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 07:04:51 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1824145/posts Someone might want to pass on to Senator McCain that is opponents in the upcoming election thought todays Iraq vote was important enough to show up and represent the people that voted for them. Sen. McCain did not and that, is exactly how many votes he should get in the primaries. https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1824145/posts#comment Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:39:52 GMT