WASHINGTON, D.C. – On the 81st anniversary of the signing of the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933, 162 state and national organizations led by Public Citizen and Americans for Financial Reform today call on the U.S. Senate to restore a wall between ordinary banks and riskier investment banks.
In a letter, the groups ask senators to co-sponsor the 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act (S. 1282), a measure introduced by a bipartisan group including U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), John McCain (R-Ariz.), Angus King (I-Maine) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.). S. 1282 now has nine Senate co-sponsors.
S. 1282 would make the banking system simpler and safer and help bring an end to the era of “Too Big to Fail,” the letter argues. It would do so by requiring the biggest banks to downsize along functional lines and by reducing the opportunities for them to use their government guarantees and subsidies to engage…
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Great idea!!! We should have never repealed the original but since we did we better put in place one even better. Though I fear once all the greedy crooked lobbyist get their hands on it they will make it much less effective. Any reform though in the right direction is good.
Yes, I’m afraid that this version of the Act will be watered down, or not passed at all. But people are demanding change, and Washington is hearing us!
I admire the fact that you even know about the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933, since I don’t think the average person has even heard of it. I didn’t learn about it until a few months ago. It’s so important to stay informed, isn’t it!
Yes I miss a week worth of news and I miss so much, even a day I miss a lot. There is just so much happening it’s hard to keep track of it all.