Phil Gramm

By Barry Ritholtz - November 19th, 2009, 10:45AM Phil Gramm, the former Republican Senator from Texas who co-wrote the act that undid Glass-Steagall, has our DQotD: "I've never seen any evidence to substantiate any claim that this...

In this article: Texas, Gramm-Leach-Bliley, Glass-Steagall, and United States

...judge, Hugh Gibson, was preparing to retire, Kent began angling for the prized lifetime appointment. He sent notes to Senator Phil Gramm, who would be choosing Gibson's successor. He took local civic leaders, whom he thought Gramm might be...

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...next year. This is the Democrat machine's recession," he said, "and each one of them will be held personally responsible. " • Phil Gramm, who was once what passed for an economist at Texas A&M University, declared, "We are buying a one-way...

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...the Presidential campaign McCain admitted economics wasn't his strong suit. His primary economic adviser was former Texas Senator Phil Gramm, who probably would be Treasury Secretary if the Republicans had won the presidential election. Gramm...

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...default swaps. '' "American Casino'' includes news footage of Alan Greenspan being grilled by Congress and former US Senator Phil Gramm making his comment about America as "a nation of whiners. '' But most of the movie consists either...

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...on the Dianne Rehm show this morning. Is your name really pronounced "Ci-LOOZA"? On an Ugly Politicians note, what about LBJ and Phil Gramm? Or is there some sort of Texas exception to the rule? Chris Cillizza: See my earlier comment. It's...

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Glass-Steagall evaporated in the 1990s deregulation mania. The financial industry and its Washington friends - especially Texas Sen. Phil Gramm and then-Treasury Secretary Larry Summers (yes, that Larry Summers) - argued that for America to...

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...looks like: It looks, in part, like this. May I get back to the rich-man, poor-man thing? I love something I once heard Phil Gramm, the former senator, say. He said there came a time when "I got sick of being told by people who had...

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...between blacks and whites as recently as 1994, a number that had risen to 77 percent by 2007. Other barriers fell long ago: Phil Gramm, for example, a prominent conservative elected to both the House and Senate from Texas, is married to...

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...and that its partnership with ACORN Housing Corp. had produced at least $236 million in mortgages. A decade ago, then-Sen. Phil Gramm of Texas unsuccessfully tried to gut the law, describing nonprofits that use the law as "protection...

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