Durbin: Democrats Have 60 Votes to Advance Financial Reform
Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin said Thursday that Democrats now have the 60 votes needed to end debate on the financial reform bill.
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Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin said Thursday that Democrats now have the 60 votes needed to end debate on the financial reform bill.
</p> Van Hollen spoke two days after Critz beat Republican businessman Tim Burns, 53 percent to 45 percent, in a nationally significant special election to succeed the late Rep. John P. Murtha (D).
</p> Republicans prevented Democrats from getting the two-thirds-majority vote needed to pass the bill on suspension.
</p> “He didn’t vote for cloture today because the way this bill is currently constructed would cost jobs in Massachusetts and does not include the fixes he understood were in the bill.
Susan Collins announced Wednesday that she would vote to bring debate to close on the financial reform bill.
</p> The do-it-now camp argues that whatever tweaks the campaign finance bill needs can be made as it advances.
</p> In preparation for a new WRDA bill, 354 House Members — including 120 Republicans — submitted project requests to the committee last summer.
If Senators of both parties can get past the noise, the bill will have a good chance of passing.
</p> Like the health care bill, it was a monstrosity that would not have solved the problems it set out to fix and instead would have harmed our economy and the well-being of American families.
Senate Democrats failed to end debate on the financial reform bill Wednesday as Members continued to disagree over time agreements for a handful of amendments.
</p> Asked whether he would support ending debate Wednesday, Sen.
</p> Several Senate Democrats were withholding their support for a filibuster-breaking vote that was to take place at 2 p.m.
</p> Joining Mexican President Felipe Calderon at the Obamas’ table will be Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Rep.
Bill Halter — although it remained unclear what form that assistance might take beyond campaign contributions.
under former President Bill Clinton.
</p> In the Erie-based 3rd, Republicans have indicated that they will make Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper’s vote for the health care bill a defining issue.
</p> </p> Lobbyist’s Next Target: An Emmy </p> Should Brian Jones ever decide to leave Washington, he has a good chance at making it in Hollywood.
</p> It didn’t take long for Senate Republicans to balk at Obama’s suggestion that they are the only roadblocks.</p> “That’s not true. That’s just political spin,” said Sen.
Bill Halter. Lincoln has tried to frame the contest as a fight between herself and the labor interests that have sunk millions into Halter’s campaign.
</p> Further west, in Arkansas, Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D) was forced into a runoff with Lt. Gov.