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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

The SEC was conceived after the 1929 stock market crash. Congress called for its creation in the Securities Exchange Act of 1933, and the commission began operations the following year.

It is made up of five members, with no more than three of the same political party. Commissioners are nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate for five-year terms. The president designates the commissioner who serves as chairman.

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Connections: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has direct or once-removed relationships with 507 people, organizations or other entities in our database of the most influential people in America. Under a scoring system that gives more weight to direct links, this score is higher than 99% of all entries.

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Muckety connection score: 99

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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Also known as: SEC

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Muckety news stories featuring U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

SEC's Khuzami and Reisner teamed up against Goldman

The SEC double-teamed Goldman Sachs, leading the investment bank to settle charges against it at a cost of $550 million.

July 19, 2010

Former SEC enforcer Linda Thomsen joins the defense

Linda Chatman Thomsen, who took heat for the Securities and Exchange Commission's failure to detect Bernard L. Madoff's ongoing fraud, is returning to private practice with her former law firm.

April 15, 2009

SEC's Christopher Cox vows to finish Bush term, despite McCain criticism

Finding a scapegoat within his own party, Republican Sen. John McCain said Thursday that if he were president he would fire Christopher C. Cox, the chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

September 20, 2008

SEC is Democrat-free

Annette Nazareth, the only Democratic commissioner at the Securities and Exchange Commission, leaves office today.

January 31, 2008

People related to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission:

Luis A. Aguilar - commissioner

Kathleen L. Casey - commissioner

Meredith B. Cross - corporation finance director

Daniel M. Gallagher Jr. - commissioner

Adam Glass - division co-chief counsel

Robert Khuzami - head of enforcement

H. David Kotz - inspector general

Troy A. Paredes - commissioner

Lorin L. Reisner - deputy director of enforcement

Eileen Rominger - director of investment management

Mary L. Schapiro - chair

Jonathan S. Sokobin - head of risk assessment office

Adam Storch - managing executive, enforcement division

Elisse Walter - commissioner

Other current U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relationships:

CDR Financial Products LLC - settled enforcement action

Equinix, Inc. - contractor

Integrated Systems Inc. - contractor

News Corp. - contractor

SEC vs. Goldman Sachs & Fabrice Tourre - plaintiff

SEC vs. Private Equity Management et al - plaintiff

SEC vs. Provident Royalties et al - plaintiff

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission past relationships:

Paul S. Atkins - commissioner

Avellino & Bienes - subject of 1992 investigation

Barry Barbash - head of Division of Investment Management

Max S. Baucus - lawyer

David M. Becker - general counsel

Alan L. Beller - senior counselor

Richard C. Breeden - chairman

Roel C. Campos - commissioner

William J. Casey (deceased) - chairman

Robert L.D. Colby - deputy director, division of trading and markets

Christopher C. Cox - chairman

William H. Donaldson - chairman

Andrew J. Donohue - director of investment management

Susan C. Ervin - senior adviser

Ralph C. Ferrara - general counsel

Cynthia A. Glassman - commissioner

Harvey J. Goldschmid - commissioner

Paul G. Haaga Jr. - senior attorney

Robert K. Herdman - chief accountant

Roderick M. Hills - chairman

Joseph Jett - fined and barred from future trading

Simon Johnson - Advisory Committee on Market Information member

Michael D. Jones - deputy director & counsel

Joseph A. Hall - managing executive for policy

Barbara Judge - commissioner

Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. (deceased) - chairman

Anne Womack Kolton - senior adviser to the chairman

Arthur Levitt Jr. - chairman

Litwin Foundation - sued for negligence in Madoff scam

Philip R. Lochner Jr. - commissioner

Randall Long - deputy assistant director, Bureau of Competition

Bevis Longstreth - commissioner

Simon M. Lorne - general counsel

Harry Markopolos - filed complaint in 2005 regarding Madoff Investments

Marc L. Mukasey - staff attorney

Annette L. Nazareth - commissioner

Donald T. Nicolaisen - chief accountant

Phillip W. Offill Jr. - lawyer

Aulana L. Peters - commissioner

Harvey L. Pitt - chairman

Richard Y. Roberts - commissioner

Peter M. Robinson - press secretary to the chairman

David H.B. Smith Jr. - associate director, division of investment management, staff attorney

Ira L. Sorkin - director, New York office

Matthew K. Sparkes - special counsel, Division of Trading and Markets

Stanley Sporkin - director of enforcement

Michael H. Sutton - chief accountant

Eric Swanson - compliance office attorney

Linda Chatman Thomsen - head of enforcement division

Schuyler Tilney - target of investigation

Jeffrey Tucker - attorney

Laura S. Unger - acting chair

Francis T. Vincent Jr. - associate director

Richard H. Walker - enforcement director

Harold M. Williams - chairman

Mauro M. Wolfe - senior enforcement attorney

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