Posted on 04/26/2010 3:55:55 PM PDT by Slyscribe
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., couldn’t come up with the votes to break a filibuster on the financial regulatory bill today. Indeed, Nebraska Democrat Ben Nelson joined a united GOP in opposition. So it’s worth asking whether this issue really is harming Republicans much at all.
Last week IBD reported that Democrats seemed to be enjoying some success with the issue of financial regulatory reform lately, especially after the SEC charged Goldman Sachs (GS) with fraud.
Of course, Republicans may be holding out with the expectation of getting to vote for a compromise bill sometime in the near future.
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.investors.com ...
“It appears you are getting dumber. The RNC can’t even get rid of Steele. You watch....in October he will resign claiming “racism”...just in time for the November voting.”
Cannot argue that - I’ve called him a trojan...and he seems to be just that. I just have a problem also blaming the 90% or so of the party that votes reliably conservative - ESPECIALLY COMPARED TO THE OTHER PARTY.
Are you going to tell me the entire batch of overpaid Republican cowards could not stop one old bat (Snowe) from voting to release commie care out of committee?
I rest my case.
Caspar Milquetoasts ad nauseum!
LLS
Kill the reform, stupid people shouldn’t be protected against their decisions.
Personally, I don’t think any form of consumer protection is constitutional.
It’s up to every individual to examine every issue and protect themsaelves.
There isn’t an ounce of reform anyway ;-)
“Are you going to tell me the entire batch of overpaid Republican cowards could not stop one old bat (Snowe) from voting to release commie care out of committee?”
So you think Obamacare could have been stopped in a committee with something like a 14-9 Democrat majority.
Spare me.
I can’t seem to find anything on who voted with the Dems
The Hill said.......Also Reid later changed his vote
Democrat Ben Nelson breaks with party,
votes against forwarding financial reform
By Michael O’Brien - 04/26/10 05:27 PM ET
Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) voted Monday evening against beginning debate on his party’s Wall Street reform bill.
Nelson, a centrist Democrat who also broke with his party on healthcare legislation and several jobs bills, joined Republicans in opposing the legislation.
This law is not “reform.”
1. Reinstitute Glass Stegall Act particularly from how sh**ty Citicorp screwed up with Rubin as Vice Chairman. Banks should be in the banking business only.
2. Regulate hedge funds which were made illegal after the 1929 crash when they were called Investment Pools. No 10 to 1 or more leverage. Hedge funds are a bigger problem than Wall Street but they own most of the Dems in the Senate.
3. Mortgages require at least 10% down and a decent credit score. No more loop holes that everyone gets a mortgage.
John McCain is a co-worker with Obama at Soros Inc.
Nelson probably voted no because Warren Buffett did not get all the giveaways he wanted. Buffett’s old man was a Repub Senator from NE. He knows how to scam American taxpayers.
Berkishire Hathaway owns Kirby vaccuum cleaners and they are great at scamming the elderly.
I believe one minority vote was required to advance obamacare. snowe gave the vote
nuff said- a collection of brainless spinelss wussies
That’s more of a urban legend. They could have changed that rule by majority vote, or Reid could have simply brought it to the floor without their concurrence.
As to why she voted that way...who knows and it has DEFINITELY given credibility to people trying to demoralize the party, by saying that there’s no difference.
Very good. Sadly your excellent comment is being overlooked by sniping and/or trolls (who deserve to be sniped BTW).
- and the dems think that votes like this will hurt the pubs in November. Each to his own thinking!
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