House names conferees for financial reform bill negotiations

House leaders announced their conferees for the House-Senate conference to work out final details on a financial regulatory reform bill set to begin Thursday afternoon. 

The conference can be watched on C-SPAN3 or C-SPAN.org. It also will be webcast on the House Financial Services or the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs websites. 

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced the Democrats from the House Financial Services Committee: Chairman Barney Frank (Mass.); Reps. Paul Kanjorski (Pa.); Maxine Waters (Calif.); Carolyn Maloney (N.Y.), Luis Gutierrez (Ill.); Mel Watt (N.C); Gregory Meeks (N.Y.); Dennis Moore (Kan.); Mary Jo Kilroy (Ohio) and Gary Peters (Mich).

In addition, several members were named to oversee specific sections of the bill. 

House Agriculture Chairman Collin Peterson (Minn.) and Rep. Leonard Boswell (Iowa); House Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman (Calif.) and Rep. Bobby Rush (Ill.); House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers (Mich.) and Rep. Howard Berman (Calif.); House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Edolphus Towns (N.Y.) and Rep. Elijah Cummings (Md.); House Small Business Chairman Nydia Velazquez (N.Y.) and Rep. Heath Shuler (N.C.).

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) announced his conferees on Wednesday. 

Reps. Spencer Bachus (Ala.); Joe Barton (Texas); Sam Graves (Mo.); Darrell Issa (Calif.); Frank Lucas (Okla.); Lamar Smith (Texas); Ed Royce (Calif.); Judy Biggert (Ill.); Shelley Moore Capito (W.Va.); Jeb Hensarling (Texas) and Scott Garrett (N.J.). 

The conference, which begins at 2:15 p.m. Thursday, is expected to last between six and eight days. After opening statements are completed in the first meeting, members will meet on the House side from Tuesday through Thursday of next week. After that, the conference is likely to move to the Senate side the week of June 21 for three days — Tuesday through Thursday again. If necessary the conference could extend into Friday and Saturday. 

Lawmakers are trying to wrap up the legislation before the July 4 recess. The White House would like to see most of an agreement complete by the time President Barack Obama leaves for the Group of 20 meeting on June 24, the seventh scheduled day of the conference. 

Neither Frank nor Senate Banking Chairman Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) would commit to a definitive timeline, saying they want it done as soon as possible with the July 4 recess as a target. 

Lawmakers have been urged by the White House to provide Obama with nearly complete — if not complete — details of the final conference agreement by the time he leaves for Toronto.