Facing wide criticism, Senate homeland security committee drops plan for a markup, promises to hold a hearing instead.

“Financial reformers have won a small battle in their fight with Wall Street over financial regulation,” Huffington Post reports.

Senator Brown’s remarks are below:
 
Mr. BROWN of Ohio: Madam President, as we debate the best way to get our fiscal house in order, we must avoid, first of all, defaulting on our obligations while also …

Read our letter urging the Senate to oppose the “Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act”, H.R. 1062, which would protect overpaid CEOs from embarrassment by allowing them to hide shameful pay disparities within companies.

Read our letter to Congress urging that they support full funding for the CFTC in FY 2012 here.