A longtime proponent of merging the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission, U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) is making one last push for the idea before he retires at the end of his term next month.
Frank, who discarded such a plan from the regulatory overhaul that bears his name, the Dodd-Frank Act, is co-sponsoring legislation with fellow Massachusetts Democrat Michael Capuano to bring the two agencies together.
