The White House press pool got the boot from the Oval Office on Friday after one journalist dared to ask the president a question about Iran. According to the pool brief, the small circle of reporters were escorted into the Oval Office at 1:18 pm ET for a signing ceremony of an executive orders on financial regulations.
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Bill on tallying up regulation costs wins U.S. financial industry backing
Financial lobbyists on Tuesday applauded a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that would require the Securities and Exchange Commission to review the costs of rules before putting them into force, which is part of a broader push from Republicans to reform regulation. The legislation, introduced by Missouri Republican Ann Wagner, the newly minted chair of the financial services oversight subcommittee, is expected to go to the floor of the House on Thursday for a vote.