US Senate begins voting on Wall Street reform
The US Senate will cast its first votes on Tuesday on a sweeping Wall Street reform bill, but a proposal that would force banks out of the risky swap-trading business appeared to be losing steam as it failed to win backing from the Obama administration.
The Wall Street reform fight enters its final stages in the US Senate this week with an overdue reckoning on three issues that cut to the heart of how, and for whom, the financial system works.