And this is why Campaign Finance Reform is the key to any real change on Capitol Hill...LINK

As long as campaign contributions continue to buy influence there won't be any real change that affects regulation of the contributing entities. IF we get the $$$ out of campaigns, we will have a fighting chance of getting real change. As Obama said tonight, he can only do so much ....

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/29/dick-durbin-banks-frankly_n_193010.html

Dick Durbin: Banks "Frankly Own The Place"

"Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) has been battling the banks the last few weeks in an effort to get 60 votes lined up for bankruptcy reform. He's losing.

On Monday night in an interview with a radio host back home, he came to a stark conclusion: the banks own the Senate.

"And the banks -- hard to believe in a time when we're facing a banking crisis that many of the banks created -- are still the most powerful lobby on Capitol Hill. And they frankly own the place," he said on WJJG 1530 AM's "Mornings with Ray Hanania." Progress Illinois picked up the quote."

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those of us periodically shoring up that observation with supporting data since the bailout talks began last fall are right.

Open Secrets. Hard data. Cold reality.

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