…Banks for the State of New York, argue that consumer protection and prudent bank regulation are not in conflict. For over a year, most of us have agreed that reform…

…this link from Tradersmagazine on the European and British take on compensation aspect of financial stability reform Final Rules from the Financial Stability Reform program in Britain: In mid-August, the…

…for health care reform. Here there is lots of polling http://www.pollingreport.com/health.htm and search for “tax”. I’m trying to get everything relevant. NBC News Poll conducted by the polling organizations of…

…didn’t provide much evidence that Republicans are, in fact, fiscally conservative. Note that the Blue Dogs addition to health care reform — increasing the power of the medicare advisory panel…

Robert Waldmann can’t resist writing about health care reform. The actual debate seems very focused on the public option — will the minority of Americans who have access to the…

Robert Waldmann A courageously anonymous blue dog explains to Shailagh Murray and Paul Kanewhy they are blocking health care reform several dozen anxious House Democrats who are wary of the…

by Bruce Webb Waxman: Blue Dogs must relent on health reform” (UPDATE: the linked article has subsequently been rewritten and expanded. What follows is the version from earlier this morning)…

…betting, I’d bet that the Swiss will be the ones to blink, if the US only has the backbone to stand firm. Health Care Reform Democrats are wrangling over how…

…argues that progressives (such as movon) who attack Democratic Senators who don’t support a public option are endangering health care reform. For brevity only I will call the first group…

…home state three years ago. In many respects it adopts the most liberal approaches to health reform being discussed in Washington. Kennedy, for example, embraces a proposal to create a…