GOP to abandon blockade of banking regulation bill

[superconnected]

Source: Yahoo News

WASHINGTON – Republicans set the stage Wednesday to lift their blockade against legislation to tighten regulations on Wall Street, opening a road to likely passage for the most sweeping rewrite since the Great Depression.

GOP lawmakers said they would now try to change the bill on the Senate floor. Democrats said the Republicans simply had realized they were losing the battle for public opinion.

Earlier in the day, Republican senators had blocked the beginning of floor debate for a third straight day, contending they needed more time to try to work out compromises with Democrats in private talks. Republicans huddled in the late afternoon on their next step.

There had been signs that some Republicans were growing weary of continuing to block the bill after President Barack Obama and other Democrats accused them of siding with Wall Street, an institution that rivals Congress in its unpopularity.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100428/ap_on_bi_ge/us_financial_overhaul

[Jumping John]

1. The stall is just theatre so the Dems will be able to say,"This is the best bill we can pass........

We will work on it later so that we can make it better."

[IndianaJoe]

2. The Senate Republicans, increasingly,

increasingly only obstructionary. And in being obstructionists,they are becoming less and less meaningful to the majority of Americans who are concerned about addressing our country's problems. Republican appeal is increasingly only to ultra-rightists. There aren't enough of those around to elect any Republican majorities nationally.

[louis-t]

3. What? Repugs want 'private' talks, while accusing

Dems of doing everything in private? They meet with bankers in secret while accusing Obama of doing everything in secret? They make backroom deals while accusing Dems of backroom deals? Does their bullshit never end? :crazy:

[Tx4obama]

4. Your post is a DUPE

Btw, the Senate has already voted unanimously for the debate to proceed.

Here's a link to watch the debate which is now in progress live online:

http://cspan.org/Watch/C-SPAN2.aspx

[superconnected]

6. Can you at least link where the other thread is?

I looked for dupes before I posted and I still don't see it. I hope you aren't going to point to general discussion and say it's there. I avoid that place.

[Tx4obama]

7. There have been several in LBN, some combined already

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=4360254&mesg_id=4360254

and

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4360331

[superconnected]

11. Thanks!

[tqla]

5. Republicans end blockade

so they can vote "no" on the actual bill later.

(LOL! Any takers on this bet?)

[eggplant]

9. so?

it only takes 41 to keep it off the floor. it takes 51 to defeat it. letting it go to the floor means it is a done deal.

[chill_wind]

8. K & R.

GOP abandons blockade of banking regulation bill
By JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press Writer © 2010 The Associated Press
April 28, 2010, 6:18PM


http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/top/all/6980482.html

[TomCADem]

10. Gee, Where Were The Anti-Wall Street Tea Partiers?

Waiting for the Wall Street funded air conditioned buses?