Obama signs Finance Reform Bill (25 images)

U.S. President Barack Obama (C) signs the the financial reform bill into law during a ceremony with (L-R) Robin Fox, Andrew Giordano, Vice President Joe Biden, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (D-CT), House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-MA) and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center on July 21, 2010 in Washington, DC. A sweeping expansion of federal financial regulation in the wake of the worst recession since the Great Depression, the bill will create a consumer protection agency, lay out a blueprint for disassembling financial entities considered "too big to fail," and many other reforms. UPI/Chip Somodevilla/Pool

U.S. President Barack Obama signs the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act before (L-R) Vice President Joe Biden, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) at the Ronald Reagan Building July 21, 2010 in Washington, DC. The bill is the strongest financial reform legislation since the Great Depression and also creates a consumer protection bureau that oversees banks on mortgage lending and credit card practices UPI/Win McNamee/Pool

U.S. President Barack Obama applauds after signing the the financial reform bill into law during a ceremony with Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (D-CT) (C), House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-MA) (R) and other members of Congress at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center on July 21, 2010 in Washington, DC. A sweeping expansion of federal financial regulation in the wake of the worst recession since the Great Depression, the bill will create a consumer protection agency, lay out a blueprint for disassembling financial entities considered "too big to fail," and many other reforms. UPI/Chip Somodevilla/Pool

Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) (3rd R) and Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) (5th L) shake hands after being thanked by U.S. President Barack Obama before he signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center on July 21, 2010 in Washington, DC. A sweeping expansion of federal financial regulation in the wake of the worst recession since the Great Depression, the bill will create a consumer protection agency, lay out a blueprint for disassembling financial entities considered "too big to fail," and many other reforms. UPI/Win McNamee/Pool