* The lords of high finance still wield vast power. Financial firms are second only to health care companies in the amount of money they've spent lobbying the federal government this year, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. They've s ed out $222.7 million. That's lower than last year, but Wall Street is still spending a fortune to bend Washington's ear.

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