The Bank Lobbyist Act was just signed into law and as the nickname suggests, it is a banker’s wet dream. In this episode, learn the details of this new law including the many favors to banks big and small - which undoubtedly make our entire financial system riskier - along with a few good provisions that can help you protect your identity and maybe even increase your credit score. Joe Briney joins Jen for the thank you’s.   Please Support Congressional Dish - Quick Links Click here to contribute a lump sum or set up a monthly contribution via PayPal Click here to support Congressional Dish for each episode via Patreon Send Zelle payments to: Donation@congressionaldish.com Send Venmo payments to: @Jennifer-Briney Use your bank’s online bill pay function to mail contributions to: 5753 Hwy 85 North Number 4576 Crestview, FL 32536 Please make checks payable to Congressional Dish Thank you for supporting truly independent media! Recommended Congressional Dish Episodes CD099: April Takes a Turn CD160: Equifax Breach CD161: Veterans Choice Program CD129: The Impeachment of John Koskinen Recommended Reading Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street's Great Foreclosure Fraud by David Dayen Additional Reading Article: Investors throwing caution to the wind when shopping for CLOs by Glen Fest, Asset Securitization Report, May 24, 2018. Report: The finance 202: Banks give richly to three Senate Democrats who backed deregulation by Tory Newmyer, The Washington Post, May 23, 2018. Article: Insurers welcome global regulation provision in banking reform bill by Andrew G. Simpson, Insurance Journal, May 23, 2018. Report: House passes Dodd-Frank reform bill, approval now pending from President Trump by Caroline Basile, Housing Wire, May 22, 2018. Report: Reg relief bill S. 2155 passes House; monumental win for credit unions by CUNA, CUInsight, May 22, 2018. Report: Dodd Frank rollback passes house, moves to President's desk for signature to become law by JD Alois, Crowdfund Insider, May 22, 2018. Letter: Oppose S. 2155, the "Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act" by Vanita Gupta, President & CEO of The Leadership Conference, CivilRights.org, May 21, 2018. Article: Bill aimed at saving community banks is already killing them by David Dayen, The Intercept, May 16, 2018. Opinion: Big banks crying wolf over another key Dodd-Frank regulation by Mayra Rodreguez Valladares, The Hill, May 12, 2018. Report: At $1 trillion, leveraged loans are closing in on junk bonds by Yakob Peterseil and Cecile Gutscher, Yahoo Finance, May 3, 2018. Article: Bank earnings are rising, but look past the obvious players by David Borum, NASDAQ, May 1, 2018. Report: Elliot eyes push into Wall Street's hottest debt trade by Sridhar Natarajan, Sally Bakewell, and Katia Porzecanski, Bloomberg, April 30,2018. Article: Washington wants to weaken bank rules. Not every regulator agrees by Peter Eavis, The New York Times, April 24, 2018. Article: Revenge of the stadium banks by David Dayen, The Intercept, March 2, 2018. Article: Behind a key anti-labor case, a web of conservative donors by Noam Scheiber and Kenneth P. Vogel, The New York Times, February 25, 2018. Article: Lower tax rate fuels record profit for Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, CNBC, February 24, 2018. Report: The richest 10% of Americans now own 84% of all stocks by Rob Wile, Money, December 19, 2017. Report: H.R. 477, the Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2017, Republican Policy Committee, December 4, 2017. Brief: Clayton buys CO's Oakwood Homes in latest site-build deal by Mary Tyler March, Construction Drive, July 7, 2017. Opinion: Who will benefit from the newly passed supporting America's Innovators Act? by James Murphy, Forbes, May 3, 2017. Article: Minorities exploited by Warren Buffet's mobile-home empire by Mike Baker an