Chairman Sheila Bair and lawmakers from both parties have argued that the provision could strip banks of a useful financial tool and potentially push derivatives trading into less regulated territory.
Even the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), a permanent firewall for the Eurozone, is now seen as an unlikely tool to be used this year as the Germans push back.
Stimpmeters languished until the 1970s, when turf-maintenance techniques began to push the limit of what grasses could tolerate and superintendents needed a tool to better monitor greens and to help keep them consistent across a course.