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Subcommittee Continues Oversight of CFTC's Rulemaking Process

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The Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management held a public hearing to further review the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) rulemaking process for implementing title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

Four Committee Chairs Send Bicameral, Bipartisan Letter to Key Regulators Urging End-User Exemption

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Four Committee Chairs sent a letter to U.S. Department of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Secretary Gary Gensler, and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Mary Schapiro yesterday urging them to provide an exemption from margin requirements for end-user transactions.

Ag Committee Questions Impact of CFTC's Rules on Economy

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the House Agriculture Committee held a public hearing to review the definitions of key terms included in Title VII of the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, such as "swap," "Swap Dealer," and "Major Swap Participant."

Lucas & Peterson Praise House Passage of H.R. 872

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Chairman Frank Lucas and Ranking Member Collin Peterson issued the following statements after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 872, the Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2011 in a bipartisan vote, 292-130.