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Bill Would Give U.S. Powers Over Financial Firms

Oct. 27, 2009
Under a proposal by House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, a council of regulators would be established to monitor financial firms regarded as so big and influential that their collapse could bring down the entire economy.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch