Dodd to ram through financial overhaul bill

The chairman of the Senate Banking Committee will unveil on Monday a proposal to revamp the nation’s financial regulations that would empower shareholders to have advisory votes on executive pay and to nominate directors for the boards of public companies through company proxy ballots, several people briefed on the draft legislation said Saturday night.

This article just basically gives you the highlights from the story below... so you may want to skip it & read the NY Times article (or both like I did ;-) Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2010/03/14/dodd-to-unveil-financial-overhaul-bill-over-gop-objections/#ixzz0iFS9lXmZ

Dodd to Unveil a Broad Financial Overhaul Bill

The chairman of the Senate Banking Committee will unveil on Monday a proposal to revamp the nation’s financial regulations that would empower shareholders to have advisory votes on executive pay and to nominate directors for the boards of public companies through company proxy ballots, several people briefed on the draft legislation said Saturday. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/14/business/14bank.html?hp