Jim Leach

→ Phil Gramm person

legislative co-sponsor primary since 1999

Jim Leach co-sponsored the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act with Phil Gramm and Thomas J. Bliley Jr., which deregulated financial services.

→ Thomas J. Bliley Jr. person

legislative co-sponsor primary since 1999

Jim Leach co-sponsored the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act with Thomas J. Bliley Jr. and Phil Gramm.

→ Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act instrument

sponsored legislation primary since 1999

Jim Leach was a primary sponsor and namesake of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, which repealed Glass-Steagall Act restrictions on financial services holding companies.

→ Brooksley Born person

financial regulatory peer inferential since 1998

Jim Leach served alongside Brooksley Born as chair of financial regulatory bodies during the late 1990s, both appearing in lists of financial regulators leading up to the 2008 crisis.

→ Alan Greenspan person

financial regulatory peer inferential since 1995

Jim Leach chaired the House Banking Committee during Alan Greenspan's tenure as Federal Reserve Chairman and they interacted on financial regulation matters.

→ Arthur Levitt person

financial regulatory peer inferential since 1999

Jim Leach served as House Banking Committee Chairman while Arthur Levitt was SEC Chairman during the period when the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act was enacted.

→ Sanford I. Weill person

investor inferential since 1999

Jim Leach's Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act enabled the merger of Citicorp and Travelers Group led by Sanford Weill, creating Citigroup.

→ Citigroup organisation

financial policy consequence inferential since 1999

Jim Leach's Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act enabled the formation of financial conglomerates like Citigroup by repealing Glass-Steagall restrictions.

→ Bear Stearns company

oversight inferential since 1995

Jim Leach chaired the House Banking Committee that had oversight of firms like Bear Stearns during the period leading up to the 2008 financial crisis.

→ Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 instrument

related legislation inferential since 2000

Jim Leach's Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 were companion pieces of financial deregulation passed during the same congressional session.

→ Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission government agency

subject of investigation inferential since 2009

Jim Leach's role in financial deregulation was examined by the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission following the 2008 financial crisis.

→ Glass-Steagall Act instrument

legislation repealed primary since 1999

Jim Leach's Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act effectively repealed the Glass-Steagall Act's separation of commercial and investment banking.