Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Case Study

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President Trump had begun to dismantle the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act with directives that will repeal regulations or delay them from being enforce. The first of the orders investigates the Volcker rule, which stops financial companies from making risky investments. This investigation into the Volcker rule, the CFPB structure and the director of the CFPB, Richard Cordray, will be done through the secretary of the Treasury. Looking for excessive power or unconstitutional authority within the Dodd-Frank back agencies such as the CFPB, the FSOC(Financial Stability Oversight Council) and the Whistleblower Bounty Program. Finally, President Trump wrote a letter to the secretary of Labor to delay the fiduciary act,

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