House-Senate Conf. Comm. Agrees On Fin Reg Reform Bill (Dodd-Frank Act), For Vote Next Week

After pulling a 20-hour marathon session, the House and Senate conference committees agreed early this morning on the Financial Regulatory Reform Bill, which will be voted on by the full House and Senate next week, and if passed, sent on to President Barack Obama to sign into law. Here are some of the early morning reports on major news websites:

Congress Reaches Deal on Financial Bill (Edward Wyatt, NYT)
U.S. Lawmakers Reach Accord on New Finance Rules (Damian Paletta, WSJ)
House, Senate Leaders Finalize Details of Sweeping Financial Overhaul (Brady Dennis, WashPost)
U.S. Lawmakers Approve Financial Overhaul; Marathon Session Produces $19 bn levy and Softening of Volcker Rule (Tom Braithwaite, Francesco Guerrera and Justin Baer, FT)

As to timing of when the bill could become law, as noted in the WashPost article cited above:

The dawn compromise set up a potential vote in both houses of Congress next week
that could send the landmark legislation to President Obama by July 4.

Proposed Name of Law: Dodd/Frank Act
Damian Paletta reported in the WSJ Blog this morning that the legislation, if signed into law, would be called the Dodd/Frank Act.

In a statement issued today, Sen. Dodd, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, said:

Over the past two years, America has faced the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. Millions of Americans have lost their homes, their jobs, their savings and their faith in our economy.?

?The American people have called on us to set clear rules of the road for the financial industry to prevent a repeat of the financial collapse that cost so many so dearly.?

?This bill meets that challenge.?

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