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Elizabeth Warren: It is bad enough when banks can capture the agencies that regulate them or the Congress, which is all too often the…

On the recordNovember 20, 2014
It is bad enough when banks can capture the agencies that regulate them or the Congress, which is all too often the case.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren criticizes the influence of banks over regulatory agencies and Congress.

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