The Obama administration is rejecting direct intervention in corporate pay decisions even as officials argue that excessive compensation in the private sector contributed to the U.S. financial crisis.

Instead, the administration plans to seek legislation that would try to tame compensation at publicly traded companies through shareholder pressure and less management influence on pay decisions.

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