If you think the health care debate is a big brouhaha, its nothing compared to the behind the scenes battle over government regulation of derivatives.
On the government side we have a proposal that would require the most standard derivatives to be processed through a clearinghouse, whose members would make good on any default. This is the way the commodity markets operate. For "nonstandardized contracts," banks would have to put up more capital or margin.
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