With alumni in the White House, Goldman sees an opening

Investment bank now targeting Volcker rule in DC lobbying after Obama-era battering

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Chairman and CEO Lloyd Blankfein, left, and Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan, right, walk away from the microphones after speaking to members of the media outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, after they and other financial leaders met with President Barack Obama regarding the debt ceiling and the economy — AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais

By Barney Jopson

When Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs’ chairman and chief executive, arrived at the Rayburn building on Capitol Hill in late 2010, he was battered and bruised. At the time his bank was viewed…

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