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A longtime congressional advocate of tough financial crime laws will soon use his new Senate chairmanship to push a measure that would expand the U.S. list of specified unlawful activities. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) plans to reintroduce the Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Counterfeiting Act, a bill he last proposed in 2011 while serving as the committee's ranking member, according to multiple sources. As chairman, Grassley has far greater political clout to advance the legislation to a floor vote. The long-dormant measure is one of Grassley's top priorities as chairman, according to a congressional staffer who...