Senate

• Kroll Says S&P, Moody’s Again Putting Profits Ahead of Accuracy

  By Dave Michaels and Matt Robinson, Bloomberg  |  May 14, 2013

  Founder of rating company criticizes other credit raters at SEC roundtable.

• Congress Pressures Swaps Regulators to Curb Dodd-Frank

  By Silla Brush, Bloomberg  |  May 7, 2013

  House Financial Services Committee to vote today on measures to ease derivatives requirements.

• Online Sales Tax Could Run into Trouble in U.S. House

  By Richard Rubin, Bloomberg  |  May 6, 2013

  Measure is expected to win Senate approval today.

• SEC Plan Gives Exemptions to Swap Dealers’ Overseas Branches

  By Silla Brush and Dave Michaels, Bloomberg  |  May 2, 2013

  U.S. regulators face pressure to limit the international reach of swaps rules.

• SEC Weighs Cross-Border Swap Rules

  By Dave Michaels and Silla Brush  |  May 1, 2013

  Regulators face calls to limit the rules’ international reach.

• Too-Big-to-Fail Bill Pitched as Fix for Dodd-Frank’s Flaws

  By Cheyenne Hopkins, Bloomberg  |  April 25, 2013

  Sens. Brown and Vitter propose 15% capital requirement for megabanks.

• Opponents of Online Sales Tax Face Tough Battle

  By Richard Rubin, Bloomberg  |  April 23, 2013

  Tax could provide states with about $23 billion a year in additional revenue.

• Senate May Vote on Online Sales Tax

  By Richard Rubin and Kathleen Hunter, Bloomberg  |  April 18, 2013

  Wal-Mart and Amazon back measure to let states collect taxes on out-of-state sellers.

• White to Direct SEC Enforcement to New Areas

  By Joshua Gallu, Bloomberg  |  April 18, 2013

  With financial crisis cases mostly over, new chairman may target accounting fraud, high-frequency trading.

• SEC's Money Fund Proposal Coming in Next Two Months

  By Dave Michaels, Bloomberg  |  April 10, 2013

  Leadership change won't slow the proposal, Commissioner Daniel Gallagher says.