Clinton looks to build support on left while keeping Wall St. friends

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72. That would be her husband; and the squishy fruit doesn't fall far from the neolib tree

Went through her legislative record as a Senator, and here's what I found. These are bills she originated.

Call me old-fashioned, but I was working on the theory that if there were issues she was really concerned about, they'd show up in the legislation she wrote.

I may have missed a bill or three, but here's just how willing she was to "crack down" on Wall Street when she had the power to originate legislation doing so:

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/110/s2866


Full Title
A bill to require greater disclosure of senior corporate officer compensation, to empower shareholders and investors to protect themselves from fraud, to limit conflicts of interest in determining senior corporate officer compensation, to ensure integrity in Federal contracting, to close corporate tax loopholes utilized to subsidize senior corporate officer compensation, and for other purposes.
Summary

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4/15/2008--Introduced.Corporate Executive Compensation Accountability and Transparency Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to the limit annual aggregate amounts which may be deferred under nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements.Amends the Sarbanes-Oxley ...

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/110/s2114

Full Title
A bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act, to provide for enhanced disclosures to consumers and enhanced regulation of mortgage brokers, and for other purposes.
Summary

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9/27/2007--Introduced.American Home Ownership Preservation Act of 2007 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to require certain mortgage originators or lenders with primary responsibility for underwriting an assessment on a ...

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/107/s1383

S. 1383 (107th): A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the treatment of incentive stock options and employee ... ... stock purchases.

8/3/2001--Introduced.Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude stock options and employee stock purchase plans from the definition of wages for purposes of employment taxes.

Oh, and only five co-sponsors on this one:

Pat Roberts
Mike Enzi
Evan Bayh
Kay Hutchinson
George Allen