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The application period for this significant role is slated to close Friday.

Friendly market provisions, including a direct-pay bond program and restoration of advance refundings, will head to full House after approval by Ways and Means Committee.

SEC Chairman Gary Gensler signaled he wants to bring greater efficiency and transparency to municipal bond market

The proposed changes would reduce the volume of disclosures dealers have to make to customers each year.

Cheered by the inclusion of key muni market priorities in tax legislation unveiled over the weekend, muni market advocates must now battle to keep them there.

While the bipartisan deal includes some helpful provisions, it does not contain any of the top priorities of municipal bond market advocates.

Current rules require disclosures to customers who probably do not need them, industry lobbying groups argue.

Giroux brings to the MSRB her experience advocating on behalf of both broker-dealers and bond lawyers.

The proposed changes are part of the MSRB's ongoing retrospective rule review.

Public finance groups hope that the Biden administration will show the same support for tax-exempt bonds that House Democrats do.