The FinReg bill passed in the Senate. IMO some will like it, some will not, but it will provide a platform from which uncertainty should be decreased as Wallstreet can formulate how to proceed.
IMO a thorny battlefield, but knowing where the mines lay should allow them to develop a path ahead.
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