Senate Dems to force night session on financial reform bill

[sabra]

Source: CNN

Washington (CNN) - Top Senate Democrats have said they intend to keep the Senate in session Wednesday night as they try to formally open debate on a financial regulatory reform bill.

"We think it's critical to get to the debate. We think Wall Street reform must get done and must get done now," said Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland. "We suspect that (Republicans) want to weaken this bill."

Earlier Wednesday, Republicans turned back efforts to launch Senate debate on such a measure. It was the third vote in 48 hours on the motion and, for the third time, unanimous Republican opposition decided the outcome.


Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/28/senate-dems-to-force-night-session-on-financial-reform-bill/?fbid=VP2LgjjHQ1T

[Bozita]

1. MSNBC reporting "GOP ready to stop stalling on Senate Finance Reform Bill"

I copied that from my teevee screen.

[pattmarty]

2. Jesusfuckingchrist, this is just a common sense center right "reform".........

.........There is nothing liberal or progressive about it. I just hope the Dems don't back down on these very minor "reforms" as this is the absolute minimum that should be done.

[fascisthunter]

7. and it's why it's being done, in hopes of the spineless dems to back down

we have seen this shit before and it's getting very old. They BETTER stand up for the people, because people can still vote.

[pattmarty]

10. Yeah, but for who? I have been thinking lately that we basically.............

............are a one party state now. The choice between our two parties is rather small. This is not like it was since FDR, the 50's, 60's or even the 70's. The choice now is "fucking horrible" and "just simply awful". What is needed is to PUT BACK the New Deal reforms or at the very least most of them. Not too much has been "reported" that this is a rather new phenomena since the 80's when the New Deal reforms were starting to be dismantled.

[fascisthunter]

11. the New Dems need to go... they are Walking Wall Street Poison Pills for this Party

nothing about them makes me think they give a damn for ordinary people. I'm sure they have fooled themselves into believing that they are all we have so we should just accept their paltry efforts.

[pattmarty]

12. Agree. There are only a VERY few in the Senate that ARE NOT...............

.........millionares or better.

[shedevil69taz]

3. You mean democrats in the houses

that have had a majority for two years are growing a spine? Bout fucking time.

[Ghost Dog]

4. ""We suspect that (Republicans) want to weaken this bill.""

... And we are being well-paid to cooperate.

[ozymandius]

6. What was the first clue, I wonder?

Weaken the bill? Yeah. That's the whole point: make it milquetoast so as not to offend banksters.

[Ghost Dog]

8. I hope you read through this this evening, Ozy:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x532400

(Few readers, no response). :( :hi:

[AlbertCat]

5. Just make them REALLY filibuster...

.... I'll supply a phone book for them to read from.

[MikeW]

9. time to order in pizza