Posted on 06/28/2010 3:19:52 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) said Monday he would vote against advancing Wall Street overhaul legislation.
The move raises pressure on Senate Democrats to win the votes of Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and a handful of Senate Republicans.
Senate Democrats aim to pass the Wall Street overhaul bill this week, but the passing of Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) has given them little room to negotiate votes. House and Senate lawmakers finalized the legislation in a conference process early Friday morning.
"As I have indicated for some time now, my test for the financial regulatory reform bill is whether it will prevent another crisis," Feingold said in a statement. "The conference committee's proposal fails that test and for that reason I will not vote to advance it."
Feingold and Cantwell voted against ending debate on the bill in May and against the overall bill. Democrats were able to advance the legislation with the help of Republican Sens. Scott Brown (Mass.), Olympia Snowe (Maine) and Susan Collins (Maine).
Brown has expressed disappointment at the final bill that passed through the conference committee. If he votes against the legislation in the Senate, Democrats will need to hold the rest of the votes they had in May and swing either Cantwell or another Republican to advance the bill.
Collins is reviewing the legislation, according to her office, and has not firmly committed to back the bill.
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) voted for the underlying legislation in May, but voted against cutting off debate.
RINOs sell out cheap. Landrieu is whore, but she isn’t a cheap whore.
“Any RINO who enables this bill in any way should be expelled from GOP. If not, then GOP brand means nothing!”
Are you able to cite examples of people getting “expelled from the GOP?”
The gop is disgusting and offering no reason at all to vote them back into power in nov.
“I cannot believe that the two NY senators are going to support this Bill,”
See my tagline.
Wow! Schweinegeldt’s internals must be cratering!
Robert Byrd finally does something good...
Yes, but all the while, FReepers kept telling me if we just call, fax, e-mail, etc. everything would be stopped.
My only question is On or Off?
I mean will he lay in state with the hood on, or with the hood neatly folded next to him?
(okay mods. If you must delete this comment go ahead but please don't ban me. The Devil made me do it. Just ask Teddy or Robert, They know him personally now.)
Republicans should take this time to promote a better banking bill, one that takes on Fannie and Freddie.
Point well taken
Feingold should be drummed out of office. Period. He’s a Constitutional trashing Democrat. Now, stop wringing your hands over this clown.
What is hilarious to me is that the White House is at half-staff for this former KKK member.
George Washington lost many BATTLES in his fight to defeat the British, until he won the WAR.
Unite with others who are like-minded and have a plan, work dilligently toward your goals to get the word out, get a list of the conservatives running for office in your state, get a list of conservatives who are running for a senate seat nationally...Senator Jim DeMint and his organization is a good source for a listing of such candidates, and send these candidates a few bucks...A WIN FOR THEM IN THE SENATE IS A WIN FOR EACH OF US, REGARDLESS OF WHAT STATE WE LIVE IN. Get involved with the voting process in your area...offer to transport those senior citizens/disabled, etc. who need transportation to the polls. Contact senior citizen organizations, senior citizen living communities, VFW organizations, retired military, firefighter, police organizations and get the word out to them about what's at stake in November, and the conservatives that are running for office. Go door to door and pound the pavement...it's the fight for our life in November. If we lose in November, the United States of America is doomed. Remember that and know we're the boots on the ground. Our Founding Fathers and men and women of wars past fought so that we may be free....WE MUST PICK UP THE BANNER, SAY A PRAYER AND DO OUR PART TO SAVE THIS COUNTRY FROM DESTRUCTION. THOSE WHO FOUGHT BEFORE US MUST NOT HAVE DIED IN VAIN!
We need to vote out as many Democrats as possible.
She's right. "Reform"ing Wall street is like reforming naziism. We need to get rid of our entire system of banking and money creation and replace it with something rational.
Find Gold is waiting for Hussein to sweeten the deal.
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