The Fed regulates financial institutions, manages the nation's money and influences the economy.

Today, for example, the House defeated an amendment to exempt laws intended to regulate financial institutions.

My preference in general, when it comes to regulating big financial institutions, is really to consolidate regulation into a relatively few hands.

Will it force the government to enact laws that regulate financial institutions more strictly or restrain the political power of corporations?

States like New York and Illinois closely regulate academic institutions, requiring that they be authorized to operate.

They are issued under the specific authority of Acts of Parliament, and are normally used to regulate public institutions.

- Regulators "lacked the political will" to regulate institutions.

All of those initiatives raise serious questions about whether state and local governments can regulate federally chartered financial institutions.

The guidelines, still being drafted, are intended for use by several Federal agencies regulating financial institutions.

The consolidated Department regulates banks, other financial institutions, real estate agents, insurance firms, and insurance agents.