Benzinga's Political Round Up, August 11, 2011

Federal Reserve officials are drawing up plans for U.S. banks that would be in line with the capital standards agreed to at Basel III.

Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE) is being probed by the SEC for possible violations of the foreign bribery law.

The Obama administration has a new proposal to sell foreclosed properties owned by government-backed entities and convert them to rentals.

U.S. antitrust regulators are focusing their investigation of Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) on key areas of its business.