1.   A look at the role played by House banking chairman Jim Leach in crafting the measure.

2.   A look at the role played by House banking chairman Jim Leach, R-Davenport, in crafting the measure.

3.   House banking chairman Jim Leach, R-Davenport, will oversee the hearing.

4.   In any case, Gramm could be out of the job as banking committee chairman if the Republicans fail to maintain a majority in the Senate.

5.   Instead, the House banking committee chairman proposed that the status quo be maintained, and the new Council on Financial Services study the matter.

6.   Instead, the House banking committee chairman recommended that the status quo be maintained, and the proposed new Council on Financial Services study the matter.

7.   The confirmation ended a year of speculation about who would fill the permanent post of central bank chairman.