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Despite the 57 bipartisan votes the Collins amendment garnered, proponents were three votes short of the 60 required.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Dems deep-six the King Amendment
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The Collins amendment will make banks replace a commonly accepted form of hybrid capital called trust preferred securities with common stock or other securities.
FORBES: Dodd-Frank Bill Complete, Bankers React
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The recently finalized Collins Amendment gives everyone something to crow about.
FORBES: Regulatory Roulette: A Dangerous Loophole In The New Capital Requirement Rules
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Underlying the Collins Amendment was a fight between U.S regulators, in particular, between Sheila Bair, whose term as Chairman of the FDIC expires on July 8, 2011 and John Walsh, acting Comptroller of the Currency.
FORBES: Regulatory Roulette: A Dangerous Loophole In The New Capital Requirement Rules
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This means that Mr Reid may not be able to count on Mr Nelson's vote for the final Senate bill, but others may compensate: Ms Snowe and Susan Collins, another Republican from Maine, both sided with most of the Democrats to defeat the amendment.
ECONOMIST: Health-care reform