Monday, September 14, 2009

President Obama Renews Push for Financial Revamp

President Barack Obama heads to New York Monday to mark the anniversary of a key moment in the global financial meltdown.

One year ago, Lehman Brothers went belly up and within days of the investment bank's collapse it was clear a full-scale panic was under way.

The president outlined his plans in June, proposing the most extensive revamp of market rules since the Great Depression.

But there's resistance. Many lawmakers think he'd give too much power to the Federal Reserve. And banks oppose his plan for a new consumer agency to protect borrowers.









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