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US Senate to introduce draft financial bill

By Tom Braithwaite in Washington

Published: November 1 2009 22:42 | Last updated: November 1 2009 22:42

The US Senate is close to producing draft legislation on financial regulation – but in a form that complicates the Obama administration’s own plan for dealing with future crises and that may end the chances of a bipartisan law passing this year.

One senator and several aides said a bill would be introduced “within days” that redrew the regulatory map in a different way to draft laws put forward by the Treasury and the House financial services committee.

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