Recorded votes so far
May 13, 2010 | Uncategorized | Comments (0)If you’re keeping score at home:
Failed:
- Brown/Kaufman #3733: The amendment would impose leverage and liability limits on bank holding companies and financial companies. Not Agreed To: 33-61
- Ensign #3898 second-degree (to #3733): The amendment would amend the definition of the term “financial company” for purposes of limits on non-deposit liabilities. Not Agreed To: 35-59
- Shelby #3826The amendment would establish Division of Consumer Financial Protection within the FDIC. Not Agreed To: 38-61
- McCain # 3839: The amendment would require the Director of FHFA to determine (within two years) whether Fannie and Freddie are financially viable. If a GSE is found to be viable, the Director must terminate the conservatorship for that GSE; if not viable, the Director must place that GSE into receivership. Not Agree To: 43-56
- Corker # 3955: The amendment would strip the risk requirements from the bill and replace them with a study. The Corker amendment would also set minimum underwriting standards for all mortgages, including a minimum 5 percent down payment for all loans, except VA and Rural Housing loans, and certain loans made by non-profit lenders. Senator Corker has indicated that he may introduce another amendment that retains the underwriting standards and down payment requirements, but that does not strip the risk retention requirements. Not Agree To: 42-57
- Vitter # 3760: The amendment would address availability of information concerning the meetings of the Federal Open Market Committee, and for other purposes. Not Agreed To: 37-62
- Chambliss #3816: The amendment would implement regulatory oversight of the swap markets, to improve regulators’ access to information about all swaps, to encourage clearing while preventing concentration of inadequately hedged risks in central clearinghouses and ensuring that corporate end users can continue to hedge their unique business risks, and to improve market transparency. Not Agreed To: 39-59
- Sessions #3832: The amendment would provide an orderly and transparent bankruptcy process for non-bank financial institutions and prohibit bailout authority. Not Agreed To: 42-58
Passed:
- Tester -Hutchinson # 3749: The amendment redefines the FDIC assessment base. Agreed To: 98-0
- Shelby-Dodd #3827: The amendment would remove the $50 billion pre-funded resolution authority from the bill. Agreed To: 93-5
- Boxer second-degree # 3737: The amendment would prohibit taxpayers from ever having to bail out the financial sector. Agreed To: 96-1
- Sanders # 3738: The amendment would authorize GAO to audit the Federal Reserve, that does not interfere with monetary policy, to let the American people know the names of the recipients of over $2,000,000,000,000 in taxpayer assistance from the Federal Reserve System. Agreed To: 96-0
- Dodd #3938: The amendment would require that the Department of Treasury conduct a study on ending the conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the future of the housing finance system. The study is due January 31, 2011. Agreed To: 63-36
- Merkley-Klobuchar # 3962: The amendment would amend the Truth in Lending Act to mandate that a lender determine whether a borrower has a reasonable ability to repay the mortgage and prohibits compensation to the loan originator that varies based on the terms of the loan, other than the principal amount. Agreed To: 63-36
- Hutchison-Klobuchar # 3759: The amendment would maintain the role of the Board of Governors as the supervisor of holding companies and State member banks. Agreed To: 91-8
- Reed/Brown #3943: The amendment would establish a specific consumer protection liaison for service members and their families. Agreed To: 98-1
- Franken #3808: The amendment would assign credit rating agencies to conduct initial ratings via new SEC approved self regulatory organization. Agreed To: 64-35
- LeMieux #3774: The amendment would remove the statutory references to credit ratings. Agreed To: 61-38
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