Obama Takes On Big Banks With Reform Proposals
</p> The proposal would also take steps to curtail consolidation of the financial sector by limiting the ability of the largest financial firms to grow.
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</p> The proposal would also take steps to curtail consolidation of the financial sector by limiting the ability of the largest financial firms to grow.
</p> Maryland Rep.
</p> “We’re very close to a bill we think we can carry to the floor,— she said.
</p> Such a bill would need just 51 votes in the Senate. The House would not take up the Senate package unless Senators clear the reconciliation bill.
</p> “We’re very close to a bill we think we can carry to the floor,— she said, citing positive progress made on the contentious gun issue.
</p> But Republicans also took time out to hail one Democrat, Sen.
</p> “They were in the midst of deciding what they believed would get 60 votes and we were confident it was going to be a strong bill,— an AFL-CIO official said Wednesday morning of the ongoing Senate
But Reid and members of his caucus were also quick to say that they hope to finish the bill quickly so they can pivot to what they see as a more promising political message: job creation. </p> “Sen.
</p> “The problems out there are certainly more than health care.
</p> Yes, Democrats now need at least one Republican vote in the Senate to pass a bill, so Brown’s election fundamentally changes the arithmetic on Capitol Hill.
Businessman Bill Flores (R) has given more than $300,000 to his House campaign in the 17th district, where Rep. Chet Edwards (D) is seeking re-election.
—</p> “The main thing they want is good government back and to be part of the process again,— he said.
—</p> Planned Parenthood and other abortion-rights groups had vigorously opposed restrictions on abortion coverage in the House-passed health care bill.
</p> Even with a full legislative plate that includes financial regulatory reform, how to ram through a health care reform bill with 59 members of the Senate Democratic Conference dominated conversations
</p> The third-ranking House Republican declined comment when he was asked about a potential Senate campaign at a Wednesday press conference.
—</p> For months, Republicans have been working to lure Hanna, who lost the 2008 race to Arcuri 52 percent to 48 percent, into the 2010 race.
</p> Republicans said they see no reason to change their strategy.
</p> Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Brown’s victory is the latest in a series of signs of a “political rebellion— in the country.
</p> In discussing the race to replace retiring Rep. Vic Snyder (D) in the Little Rock-based 2nd district, Wills acknowledged that he is “very excited about the opportunity.—</p> “I’m a legislator.
</p> The influential business group has been at loggerheads with the Obama administration over much of the White House agenda.