[img]http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100715/i/r3927195715.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=2pQIYCITCC4ZXkjk5Hvk1Q--[/img]AP - Congress on Thursday passed the stiffest restrictions on banks and Wall Street since the Great Depression, clamping down on lending practices and expanding consumer protections to prevent a repeat of the 2008 meltdown that knocked the economy to its knees.