Let me see if I got this right: The bill isn't good enough so needs to be worked on, but the Republicans filibuster even debating it, so it can't be work..."/>

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Republicans filibuster debating financial reform

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Monday, April 26, 2010 3:21 PM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


Let me see if I got this right: The bill isn't good enough so needs to be worked on, but the Republicans filibuster even debating it, so it can't be worked on. Uhhhh, something about "unclear on the concept"... or maybe not; if they can't debate it, nothing happens and their Wall Street cronies are kept happy. Ahhh, I see now; it's not what they SAY that counts. Got it.
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Senate Democrats failed to muster enough votes Monday to take up Wall Street reform, with a key Democrat voting with Republicans against the push to get the debate started.

Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., voted against a proposal to officially start debating the Wall Street reform legislation before other lawmakers on a Senate Banking panel negotiate a deal.

That move made it impossible for Democrats to get 60 votes to push the legislation forward to be debated.

The official vote was 57-41 in favor of moving forward. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., switched his vote from "yes" to "no," in a procedural move that allows him, under the Senate rules, to bring the bill up again for another vote. An aide to Reid said late Monday that the vote will take place Wednesday.

Two GOP senators, Christopher Bond of Missouri and Robert Bennett of Utah, did not vote.

http://money.cnn.com/2010/04/26/news/economy/Wall_Street_showdown/inde
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