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03-23-2009, 05:00 PM
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Sanders Blocks Vote to Confirm Gensler as CFTC Chair (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/1-0&fd=R&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news%3Fpid%3D20601087%26sid%3DaYUJHzwyIvVw%26refer%3Dhome&cid=1319427402&ei=bevHSfXLDJju7APMvpX_Dg&usg=AFQjCNH1PKUyI9lYb0yle3fT7cW5Zq4rmw)
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... 2000 legislation that exempted derivatives contracts from oversight by the CFTC. The CFTC is responsible for regulating $5 trillion in daily trading of futures contracts including transactions for crude oil, foreign currency and agriculture products.


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