Financial Reform: Congress Takes on Accountability

The air of financial crisis that gripped Washington earlier this summer seems to be waning as health care reform and the gradually improving economy shift the focus of immediate concern.

Still, this fall promises to be plenty busy for financial regulators and lawmakers.  While thousands of Americans who lost their homes, their jobs or their retirement plans continue to fume, official Washington now turns its scrutiny to what went wrong and how to fix it.

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