Well, it’s finally here. The Senate Banking Committee — and perhaps its Agriculture Committee counterpart — heads into a markup week for what’s shaping up to be one of the most consequential pieces of legislation in recent financial history. The committee’s highly anticipated January 15 event has felt like a moving target since August, when the original plan was to hold it by the end of September. Industry infighting, partisan squabbles over key details, and efforts by legacy banking and securities interests to extract their pounds of flesh repeatedly pushed back the timeline. Then on Friday, Banking Committee ... (full story)