Shelby: GOP Will Stick Together on Financial Reform
</p> “I’m continuing to work with Sen.
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</p> Senate Democrats failed Monday night to clear a key procedural hurdle to begin debate on a sweeping financial reform bill, falling two votes shy of the 60 they needed to bring the measure to the
Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) derailed the scheduled rollout of the bill over the weekend.</p> The U.S.
</p> The call was issued shortly after the Senate voted 57-41 against taking up the regulatory reform bill “to highlight just how important this issue is,” according to a Reid spokeswoman.
</p> And Democrats know that time is starting to run out.
</p> If he defeats former Rep. John Hostettler, state Sen.
</p> “Today’s vote to begin debate on Wall Street accountability will answer many questions,” Reid said on the floor.
</p> Rather than become a right-wing show horse, Brown has so far opted to be a centrist, as was evidenced by his first vote in the Senate when he sided with Democrats on a jobs bill.
As the Senate prepares to debate climate and energy legislation in earnest, it’s very clear what our priority must be: passing a bill that’s effective at creating jobs and reducing emissions.
</p> About six weeks ago, Missouri state GOP officials attempted to organize a meeting with state Sen. Bill Stouffer and former state Rep.
</p> “This is not a situation where anybody I know in the Senate wants no bill to pass, but it is important to pass a good bill,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on “Fox News Sunday
</p> “I think we’re closer than we’ve ever been,” Shelby said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “Will we get a bill by tomorrow? I doubt it.”
</p> Republicans have criticized a provision in the bill creating a $50 billion fund collected from big banks to be used to smoothly liquidate a troubled bank as a “bailout.”
Plans to introduce a bipartisan climate change bill on Monday have collapsed in the wake of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) public statements indicating comprehensive immigration reform
</p> If Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) secures the 60 votes needed to proceed to regulatory reform, the Senate will consider amendments and debate the bill for the week — and likely several weeks
</p> In a statement released by his office Saturday, Reid not only backed away from hints that immigration could preempt the climate measure, but he also committed to putting the immigration reform bill
</p> Those Republicans who have remained in the House are suggesting that their support for the bill may turn to opposition if the final bill extends protection to transgender individuals.
</p> On Thursday, the Senate passed a bill introduced by Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) to stop the 2011 pay raise.
</p> Rep. Jason Altmire (D-Pa.) said he “can’t imagine they could come up with the votes” to pass an immigration bill this year.
</p> Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said the bill “provides another important example of why we need to fix our broken system,” and that “Republicans and Democrats need to work together to