I have been fighting hard for a Wall Street reform bill that protects my state’s families, holds Wall Street accountable, and includes a guarantee that American taxpayers will never again have to pay to bail out Wall Street or clean up after big banks’ messes.
Support and fight for strong Wall Street reform legislation that ends taxpayer-funded bailouts, holds Wall Street accountable, and strengthens consumer protections.
Occurrences
Evidence
Public Law 111-203, enacted July 21, 2010, says its purpose is to end "too big to fail," protect taxpayers by ending bailouts, and protect consumers from abusive financial services practices. Title II includes "Prohibition on taxpayer funding" and Title X establishes the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.
Congress.gov lists the bill's latest action as becoming Public Law No: 111-203 on 07/21/2010, and its Senate passage on 05/20/2010 was 59-39.
The enacted public law identifies the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and states that it was meant to promote financial stability, end too-big-to-fail, end bailouts, and protect consumers from abusive financial practices.
Congress's bill record shows H.R. 4173 became law as the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act on July 21, 2010.
Assessments
The promise’s substance was enacted through the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which expressly targeted ending taxpayer-funded bailouts, increasing Wall Street accountability, and strengthening consumer protections through measures including the CFPB. Patty Murray was an incumbent senator during that legislative fight, so this is not a case where unrelated officials later completed the outcome with little candidate involvement. However, the law was enacted on July 21, 2010, before the 2011-2017 Senate term tied to this campaign began, so the delivery does not fit cleanly into the requested term-based timing categories.
The core outcome in the pledge was achieved through the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, enacted on July 21, 2010. That law directly matched the promise's main elements by aiming to end taxpayer-funded bailouts, increase Wall Street accountability, and strengthen consumer protections through the new consumer protection bureau. Because Murray's promise was to support and fight for strong reform legislation, and that legislation passed while she was serving in the Senate during the 2010 reelection cycle, this is best scored as full delivery rather than partial credit.