Nov 3rd, 2009 - Bloomberg
Nov. 3 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. House Financial ServicesCommittee Chairman Barney Frank said he wants to make public thefirms deemed to be systemically risky as part of legislationbeing considered to prevent taxpayer-funded bailouts.
Frank reversed course on provisions in the bill he craftedwith the Obama administration and proposed last week, includinga proposal to keep secret a list of firms deemed to be a risk.
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