Dodd Unveils Financial-Overhaul Measure
By MICHAEL R. CRITTENDEN and JESSICA HOLZER
WASHINGTON — Sen. Chris Dodd introduced a wide-ranging financial-regulatory-overhaul measure Tuesday, seeking more ambitious changes in some areas than the regime envisioned by the White House or his counterparts in the House of Representatives.
The Connecticut Democrat’s discussion draft, running more than 1,100 pages, would create an Agency for Financial Stability that would be tasked with identifying and removing systemic risks to the economy. It also would consolidate bank supervision into a single regulator–the Financial Institutions Regulatory Administration–and create a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency to oversee the products made available to consumers.
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