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House backs financial-regulation bill

Posted: December 12, 2009 at 2:59 a.m.

Rep. Barney Frank (center), with Rep. Paul Kanjorski, D-Pa., and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, talks Friday about the House bill to rein in the financial sector.

The House approved a Democratic plan Friday to tighten federal regulation of Wall Street and banks, advancing a far-reaching congressional response to the financial crisis that rocked the economy.

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