House Overwhelmingly Approves Sweeping Bank Reform Bill

After making changes to appease moderate Republicans in the Senate, the House on Wednesday approved the most significant shake-up of the regulation of U.S. banks since the Great Depression. The mammoth legislative package — which passed 237 to 192 – moves the Obama administration one step closer to having a significant triumph in its efforts to reign in Wall Street after a financial crisis that shook the economy to the brink in Sept. 2008 – MW