U.S. lawmaker cites delays, Labor Dept interference, in request to SEC

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Republican senator is accusing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission of failing to release records that he says are crucial to understanding how a controversial plan to tighten conflict-of-interest rules at Wall Street brokerages was drafted. In a July 13 letter seen by Reuters, Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee Chairman Ron Johnson told SEC Chair Mary Jo White he is frustrated that his nearly three-month-old request has not been