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Going to Washington as a financial blogger

…(the out for customized derivatives, in the Administration proposal, gave the industry an easy and obvious way to evade the rules; the House pretty much gutted what was left) but…

Health Care Harder Ball: You read it here first

…2009 Tom Carper’s proposal is more interesting. It’s gone through a couple twists in the past 24 hours (including the addition, and then welcome removal, of a trigger), but in…

Incentives for Rating Agencies

…rate that instrument plus 20% for overhead. Now such rules haven’t worked very well for government contractors, but I think that’s the best that can be done. Obviously this proposal

Meet the Senate Finance Committee

…some links and discussion. In the meanwhile: any early thoughts? (Update one) SWEET. The NYT has the PDF of the Chairman’s mark in a navigable form on their site. http://documents.nytimes.com/baucus-proposal-to-overhaul-health-care#p=1…