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it outlaws some of the riskiest practices that led to the housing bubble, including loans written with no documentation of the borrowers income. well be looking at some of the details of the financial regulatory overhaul. but lets go to the phones. massachusetts on our line for republicans. ted, youre on the "washington journal." good morning. caller: good morning. and thank you for c-span. my opinion of the financial regulatory overhaul is that its basically rearranging the deck cha...

it is important and we should improve resolutions for failing companies to limit damage to the economy. we should not create a system in which there can be ongoing involvement of the federal government without reasonable limitation to protect against this unending federal bailout of these large and institutions. the largest bailout in america, fannie mae and freddie mac -- so far, fannie mae and freddie mac for the largest of the bailouts we have dealt with. if you look at the takeover...

street journal" gulf coast tops the exxon velez. we will touch on the story for much of the morning and then later senator fred thompson will be joining us. let us look as some of the headlines, from "the boston globe." also from the atlantic journal constitution -- constitution -- the biggest in u.s. history. the present will be traveling down to the gulf coast later today. "the globe and mail in canada has" -- "the times picayune says" -- it quotes that louisiana fought for decades t...

we can get the front pages of papers acrs the nati. this is the "hartford courant" this morni. ing us now to give a little concept of what happenss jon lender. tell us what happened yesterday as far as what happened and what it means for november and we will talk about the specific parties involved. guest: both the republican and democratic parties chose -- endorsed their candidate for u.s. senate in november. the seat thats being vacated by christopher dodd. the democrats nominated ri...

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and there are a couple of ways you can do that. how much should politics influence in shaping the curriculum? we will talk a little bit about that in our first 45 minutes. if you do not want to give us a telephone call, e-mail us your thoughts. off of twitter -- hear his story out of the " dallas morning news." in a landmark vote, the state board of education on friday approved new curriculum standards for u.s. history and other social studies courses. split along party lines, the boar...

government more oversight of the biggest u.s. banks, imposes new trading regulations on complex derivative investments, requires home buyers to prove they can pay their mortgages, and establishes a consumer protection bureau to prevent abuse by lenders. connecticut senator christopher dodd praised the sweeping nature of the reform. >> any one of these major sections of the bill could stand almost as a piece of landmark legislation in and of themselves. whether dealing with consumer pro...

the vote was 59-39, including four republicans, for a measure that includes reform of wall street and new rules and protections for home buyers and consumers. the senate bill gives the government more oversight of the biggest u.s. banks, imposes new trading regulations on complex derivative investments, requires home buyers to prove they can pay their mortgages, and establishes a consumer protection bureau to prevent abuse by lenders. connecticut senator christopher dodd appraised the ...

>> we have made inquiries of those firms that were accurate. power lines of inquiry included analysis of short-selling including the specific strategies and triggers employed by each of the trading firms. there is still much to be done before we can say we definitively pinpointed the cause is, i think we can say that certain basic truths have emerged in should not wait. we know that the process for restoring order following an event like last thursday should be more transparent and pre...

the gulf of mexico. from the bottom of the sea a mile deep, oil can be seen gushing from that blownout well -z. b.p. only released this video today under pressure from congress and cbs news. and up on the surface, what could be the most disturbing site yet: the first heavy sludge now oozing into the marrss of louisiana as the slick continues to grow in size out in the gulf. kelly cobiella is in venice, louisiana, tonight. kelly, its an ominous site. >> reporter: it is, katie. this oil ...