The Securities and Exchange Commission has sent a "wish list" to Capitol Hill of 42 changes it would like made to federal securities law.
This list, obtained by FOX Business from a person on Capitol Hill, contains proposed alterations that the SEC believes would help strengthen regulation of the financial-services industry. The proposals likely wouldn't be brought up as legislation on their own, but could possibly be attached to a larger bill at some point.
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Daniel Indiviglio was an associate editor at The Atlantic from 2009 through 2011. He is now the Washington, D.C.-based columnist for Reuters Breakingviews. He is also a 2011 Robert Novak Journalism Fellow through the Phillips Foundation.