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03-23-2009, 08:40 PM
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Sanders Blocks Vote to Confirm Gensler as CFTC Chair (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/0-0&fd=R&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news%3Fpid%3D20601087%26sid%3Da6E7WHyJYl4Y%26refer%3Dhome&cid=1319427402&ei=DS3ISbqeC9SosAadxYyADw&usg=AFQjCNHniVAL8WJmWlBpDA-f87NMVtlWNw)
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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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