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Wall Street Lobbyists Decide Against Pushing Trump for Specifics—for Now

Representatives from the nation's largest financial institutions met in Washington last week and discussed the Republican Party’s presumptive nominee.
Photographer: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
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The banking industry is flummoxed on what to do about Donald Trump, even as their fears grow that his likely opponent has moved too far to the left.

Last Tuesday, Trump announced plans to unveil an alternative to the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Law in the coming weeks—just as Representative Jeb Hensarling, who chairs the House Financial Services Committee, is putting the finishing touches on his own proposal.