Many Republicans oppose the bill, arguing that it gives too much power to regulators and would force financial firms to scale back their size and put them at a disadvantage.
At the national level, we get a president who vows to help the victims of Hurricane Sandy even though some might not be without power if regulators in Washington and New York hadn't been making the environment so hostile to new investment.
Many business leaders are upset by his plans to strengthen the power of industry regulators, which he is expected to outline in his speech.
The federal law gives state insurance regulators the power to review premium hikes but not to reject them.
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But the court ruling showed that regulators' power may carry more weight now.
His new health law gave state regulators the power to block premium increases.
She supports the Dodd-Frank rules that would give regulators the power to break up banks through forced restructuring or bankruptcies.
To see why, we can look at the experiences of the 37 states that already give their insurance regulators the power to reject rate hikes.
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One proposal is to give regulators the power to go through the books of the biggest providers and challenge them to prove their business models are sound.
In the EU much more power lies with the regulators.
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The credit card industry has among the lightest regulation in the nation, and lawmakers appear ready to give federal regulators more power to tame companies' lending policies if necessary.
But a new EU-wide directive that could come into force at the end of this year will give regulators the power to impose penalties of up to 2% of a multinational's global annual turnover.
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He and Sir Winfried have also now come out in favour of Mr Osborne's decision to give regulators the power to force a complete separation of any bank that fails to respect the spirit of the ring-fence.
In response, on January 22nd the electricity and gas regulators proposed that power firms be barred from supplying gas in their home areas until electricity is competitive there.
Second, as regulators assume greater power to decide which firms win and lose, competition inevitably will be channeled from the marketplace to the FTC and DOJ offices on Pennsylvania Avenue.
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One reason why the growth in gas-fired stations will be more gradual this time is that American regulators are ordering power utilities to make more use of wind, solar and other renewable sources of energy.
What made Priory stand out was his commitment to changing the way Duke did business, from a focus on finessing state regulators and running power plants and transmission lines to capitalizing on the larger market forces that influenced the values of those assets.
The Netflix case raises the broader question of why regulators still claim any power to limit truthful speech.
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That outraged residents who questioned why regulators rely on nuclear power companies to self-report safety problems in the first place.
Earlier this month the Financial Stability Board said that international regulators still lack the power to impose losses on creditors and resolve banks without taxpayer bailouts.
It said the Vatican had come a long way, but warned that the Holy See regulators still lacked the power to oversee the flow of money within its borders.
If American taxpayers bail out California, Congress should insist that California eliminate redundant regulators and allow citizens cheaper power and lower taxes.
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The darker version of this theme is that the four will use their power to hold sway with litigators, regulators and standards setters.
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But such capital outlays will be required not just to meet the expected upswing in power demand but also to satisfy utility regulators at both the national and state levels.
Customers are better off if just one system is built and maintained, as long as the company that runs the system is prohibited by regulators from using its monopoly power to drive up prices.
That said, the sheer size of the entity resulting from the merger would create potential opportunities to influence regional power markets, which will likely lead regulators to scrutinize the mechanics of the proposed merger more closely.
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Local and federal regulators approved a giant solar power project in California this week, making it one of more than a dozen giant solar farms that have secured permits and are set to rise from fairly remote corners of the state.
Regulators have also long had the power to force banks to improve capital and liquidity.
Safety advocates say fertilizer-storage facilities are lower priorities for regulators than larger polluters, like power plants and refineries.
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