U.S. financial crisis panel sets first hearings

[SpartanDem]

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. commission created by Congress to investigate the financial crisis has scheduled its first public hearings for January 13 and 14, more than a year since the crisis shook banks and capital markets worldwide

No witnesses were named by the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission in a statement distributed on Tuesday. It said the 10-member panel will hold hearings throughout 2010 -- a period in which the Senate will be debating regulatory reforms.

Deliberations by the commission could spark interest in the debate in the Senate Banking Committee over reforms. The House of Representatives on December 11 approved a comprehensive bill to tighten government bank and financial market oversight.

In September, inquiry commission Chairman Phil Angelides told Reuters that former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson might be among witnesses called to testify.



Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BL4BF20091222?type=politicsNews

[AllentownJake]

1. Good we'll have their findings in time for the next crisis nt.

[Demeter]

4. It Took 3 Tries for FDR's Administration

the first two commissions were worthless. Then came Pecora...Glass Steagal, and 60 years of no funny business. Then came Reagan, and Greenspan. And here we are again, full circle, only deeper in trouble.

[SpiralHawk]

2. It's all Obama's fault. Smirk." - xCommander AWOL & Republicon Cronies

[Javaman]

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