Benzinga's Political Roundup June 9, 2011

U.S. securities regulators are looking into whether financial services companies including Goldman Sachs GS may have violated bribery laws with regards to dealing with Libya's sovereign-wealth fund. Fitch Ratings said yesterday it would put U.S. debt on watch for a potential downgrade if Congress failed to lift the debt ceiling. President Obama's advisers have discussed a temporary cut in payroll taxes businesses to help spur a sputtering economy. U.S. Senate rejected a plan to delay instituting the debit swipe fee cap yesterday, hurting shares of Visa Inc. V and MasterCard Inc. MA.