Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA), who is running for re-election against Elizabeth Warren, an outspoken critic of Wall Street, has portrayed his own record as independent and beholden to neither party, including his vote in favor of Wall Street reform. Brown’s work to weaken the Volcker Rule before he voted for the bill is well-known, but a report from the Boston Globe Monday shows that after Brown voted for Dodd-Frank, his office tried to loosen some of the rules in the financial reform bill.
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