The Cash Committee: How Wall Street Wins On The Hill

First Posted: 12-29-09 03:00 PM | Updated: 12-29-09 04:31 PM

The question was simple: Should the lending practices of auto dealers be regulated?

It was already October and the 42 Democrats and 29 Republicans on the House Committee on Financial Services had spent the better part of the year hashing out the details of a new federal agency dedicated to protecting consumers from dangerous and deceptive financial products.