“introduced and pushed by the Republicans and passed by a bipartisan majority”
I Call BS...
Glass-Steagal was the brain-child of ROBERT RUBIN, Robert Reich, and $200 Million in CITI money thrown around to allow the Citi/Smith-Barney merger...
RUBIN was rewarded with a board seat at CITI for his efforts, and later became Chairman of the Executive Board.
This was a DEMOCRAT creation, and CITI used tons of money to buy whoever they needed to, in getting it done.