TV News LIES

Friday, Apr 04th

Last update09:25:24 PM GMT

You are here News Congress Credit rating Industry wrote provision that undercuts credit-rating overhaul

Credit rating Industry wrote provision that undercuts credit-rating overhaul

E-mail Print PDF

Moody'sMoments before the Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill to overhaul the credit ratings industry seven years ago, Republican and Democratic sponsors took turns touting its promise for ending an entrenched oligopoly.

The bill, they said, should break the vicelike dominance of three agencies – Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, Moody’s Investors Service and the smaller Fitch Ratings – in an industry that serves as a crucial watchdog over the nation’s financial system.

What’s escaped public scrutiny until now, however, is that the law’s tough criteria defining when a newcomer could join the industry weren’t written by Congress. They were crafted by a yet-to-be-identified official of one of the big three ratings agencies, a former aide to the Senate Banking Committee has told McClatchy.

Experts and the heads of unregistered ratings firms worry that congressional staffers, in seeking help to ensure that fly-by-night companies couldn’t win federal approval, inadvertently let the fox into the coop.

TVNL Comment:  So, what else is new?  ALEC writes domestic laws for Congress and state legislatures, AIPAC determins Middle East policies, energy companies control government regulatory laws....on and on and on.  Why is it surprising that rating companies draw up bills that determine their control of the financial system of the US?  Wake up, America.

More...

 


Most Recent Related Stories...


Senate rebukes Trump on Canada tariffs, with 4 Republicans joining Democrats

Senate rebukes Trump tariffFifty-one senators, including four Republicans, voted on Wednesday to end President Donald Trump's tariff on Canadian...

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna leaves House Freedom Caucus over proxy voting for new parents

Luna leaves caucus Florida Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna wrote in a letter on Monday that she was leaving...

House revolts over Republican bid to stop new parents from voting by proxy

Mike Johnson An attempt by Republican leaders to stop new parents from voting by proxy sparked a bipartisan...

Speaker Mike Johnson floats eliminating federal courts as GOP ramps up attacks on judges

Mike Johnson Facing pressure from his right flank to take on judges who have ruled against President Donald...
 
America's # 1 Enemy
Tee Shirt
& Help Support TvNewsLIES.org!
TVNL Tee Shirt
 
TVNL TOTE BAG
Conserve our Planet
& Help Support TvNewsLIES.org!
 
Get your 9/11 & Media
Deception Dollars
& Help Support TvNewsLIES.org!
 
The Loaded Deck
The First & the Best!
The Media & Bush Admin Exposed!