Turf fight in Congress: Peterson tries to keep derivatives regulation in his Ag Committee

[Editor's note: This story originally appeared in the 2/27 issue of PIM's Weekly Report.] There hasn’t been a lot of attention so far to the mammoth task of reworking federal financial regulations in the wake of the Wall Street-induced economic crisis, but jurisdictional battles are already brewing in Congress. And one of the most central involves [...]

Paulsen gets timely subcommittee assignments

by Charley Shaw
Published: January 21, 2009
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Newly elected Minnesota Congressman Erik Paulsen’s subcommittee assignments will put him at the center of the debate in Washington about the nation’s and the world’s financial markets. Paulsen, a Republican who was elected last November to replace retiring 3rd Congressional District GOP veteran Jim Ramstad, was appointed earlier this month to the House Financial Services Committee. [...]

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