K Street cashes in on regulatory reform bill

The Democrats regulatory reform bill may not be a hit with Wall Street, but its been very, very good to K Street.

According to an analysis by the Center for Public Integrity, 850 businesses, trade groups and other corporate interests have hired more than 3,000 lobbyists to shape the bill � roughly five lobbyists for each member of Congress.

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http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0510/37594.html

Bankers Get 4 Trillion Gift From Barney Frank David Reilly

To close out 2009, I decided to do something I bet no member of Congress has done -- actually read from cover to cover one of the pieces of sweeping legislation bouncing around Capitol Hill.

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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=a48c8UpUMxKQ