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Published 11/04/2009 by Washington Post

Small public companies win exemption from audits: Despite regulators' protests, White House pressed House panel

A House committee, under pressure from the White House, voted Tuesday to exempt small public companies from part of a federal law designed to prevent financial fraud, despite objections from regulators and key Democratic leaders.

White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel lobbied members of the House Financial Services Committee to exempt small public...

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