To be sure, the consumer bureau could still be overridden by the new systemic risk council, the so-called Financial Stability Oversight Council that will be made up of bank and securities regulators and headed by the Treasury secretary. But that would take a two-thirds vote, which wouldn't be an easy hurdle.
and brilliant women (we'd be better off if all bankers were women):
http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2010/03/15/michael-lewiss-the-big-short-read-...
Shades of the Pelican Brief!
Jon Stewart explains it all:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/17/daily-show-takes-on-finan_n_502...
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