Mike Crapo

Trump Signs Dodd-Frank Rollback Raising 'Systemically Important' Bank Threshold from $50B to $250B After Industry Lobbying Blitz

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President Trump signs the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (S.2155), dramatically weakening post-2008 financial regulations by raising the asset threshold for ‘systemically important financial institution’ (SIFI) designation from $50 billion to $250 …

Donald Trump Greg Becker Silicon Valley Bank Mike Crapo Mark Warner +3 more deregulation banking dodd-frank regulatory-capture lobbying +2 more
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Republicans Withdraw Support for Trump After Access Hollywood Tape

| Importance: 8/10

In the hours and days following the October 7, 2016 release of the Access Hollywood tape, dozens of Republican officials withdrew their support for Donald Trump, with many calling for him to exit the presidential race entirely. The mass defection represented the most serious internal challenge to …

Paul Ryan Reince Priebus Jason Chaffetz John McCain Kelly Ayotte +4 more republican-party trump-campaign political-crisis election-2016 party-unity +1 more
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