Republican Plan Would Ease Wall St. Rules, As Party Embraces Deregulation
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Jeb Hensarling, chairman of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee, outlined proposed legislation to clear away many rules bankers say have hobbled investment and economic growth in a staff memo reported by Reuters.
Hensarling’s plan would roll back Wall Street rules and consumer protections conceived after the 2008 financial crisis, a step that will largely define the financial deregulation debate in the Trump era.
“Under Hensarling’s plan, the largest U.S. banks would face less oversight — though not as little as they had been hoping for – while startups would have easier access to investors,” writes reporter .
