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      <excerpt>...meddled in the market and made it tougher on banks to lend money.  The bill &quot;limits choice, rations credit, increases costs and it strangles innovation,&quot; said Rep. Spencer Bachus of Alabama, the top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee. </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...it meddled in the market and made it tougher on banks to lend money. The bill &quot;limits choice, rations credit, increases costs and it strangles innovation,&quot; said Rep. Spencer Bachus of Alabama, the top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...it meddled in the market and made it tougher on banks to lend money. The bill &quot;limits choice, rations credit, increases costs and it strangles innovation,&quot; said Rep. Spencer Bachus of Alabama, the top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...act go into effect by February, at the latest. It's unclear whether the Senate will consider the House legislation. Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Ala., an opponent of the legislation, said he didn't believe the Senate would take up the legislation.   Ronald D.</excerpt>
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      <title>House accelerates credit card rules</title>
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      <excerpt>...Northrop tanker would happen in Alabama.  Here is Alabama Rep. Mike Rogers, Sen. Richard Shelby, Rep. Jo Bonner, and Rep. Spencer Bachus expressing their concerns that the deck may be stacked in favor of Boeing.  For its part, the Air Force says it's tr</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...in October requires small companies to comply with the rule for fiscal years that end on or after June 15, 2010. Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Ala., argues that this outside auditor attestation could cost small companies between $75,000 to $500,000 in the firs</excerpt>
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      <title>Panel to OK audit exemption for small business</title>
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      <excerpt>...protection advocates sent a letter to the committee Monday on the amendment, sponsored by the committee's ranking member Spencer Bachus (R., Ala.). The letter said the proposal &quot;would designate FINRA as the de-facto [self regulatory organization] for th</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...is meeting stiff oppostion, though, from members of both parties. What has lawmakers like Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) and Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Alab.) riled up is a provision in the bill they say gives the White House and Treasury unchecked authority </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...approved by the committee last month indicate that Frank may permit Sherman's provision to be approved. Last month, Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Ala., introduced a provision that was approved prohibiting taxpayer funds from being used to directly provide assi</excerpt>
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      <title>Lawmaker seeks OK from Congress for any bailouts</title>
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      <excerpt>...are hiding behind a smokescreen of misleading terms and opaque practices that promote costly overdrafts,&quot; Fox said. Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.) said he avoided overdraft fees with a credit line and asked if many of the problems could be eased with cons</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>The only Republican House members who have taken bigger bribes from Wall Street are Roy Blunt ($2892505), John Boehner ($3333409), Eric Cantor ($3623035) and Spencer Bachus ($4028424), Congress&amp;#39; 4 most dedicated lackeys for banksterism. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...114 dead Alabama District 3, Mike Rogers: 88 dead Alabama District 4, Robert Aderholt: 114 dead Alabama District 6, Spencer Bachus: 69 dead Arkansas District 3, John Boozman: 151 dead Florida District 1, Jeff Miller: 130 dead Florida District 4, Ander C</excerpt>
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