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According to the NYT , congressional victories for the business lobby this past year included: repeal of Depression-era laws preventing banks, securities firms, and insurance concerns from entering one another's line of business, a five-year extension of the business R&D tax credit, no increase in the minimum wage, no regulation of health-care plans, no campaign finance reform, and no ban on agribusiness mergers.
The Post notes however, that unlike last week's Citicorp/Travelers move, which challenges Depression-era laws barring different types of financial services from being offered by a single company, this bank merger is within the boundaries of current law, because in 1994, Congress allowed coast-to-coast banking.
The Post and NYT cite the overhaul of Depression-era laws limiting the interaction of banks, securities firms and insurance companies as the 106th's most significant feat.
How he would apply a Depression-era public jobs program to today's roaring economy remains unclear.
Many responses pivoted on the amusing contrast between uptown swells and downtown schlubs, but this reliable device, the mighty comic engine that generated so many terrific Depression-era comedies and dimwitted Lampoon movies--Snobs vs.