Dems on financial reform bill: 'The games are over' (CNN)

Dems on financial reform bill: 'The games are over'
By Ed Hornick, CNN
April 22, 2010 5:13 p.m. EDT

Washington (CNN) -- Senate Democrats called out Republicans on Thursday for what they said was the promotion of "falsehoods" on the financial reform bill and vowed to move the bill forward.

Republican leadership has "decided the best way to stop it ... is by polluting the debate with myths and mischaracterizations," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said at a news conference after President Obama's speech on financial reform in New York.

"I'm not going to waste any more time. ... If they let us go to it, we'll be happy to start debate," Reid said. "The games are over."

The Senate's financial reform bill would set up new regulatory oversight of the financial industry's practices with the goal of preventing another Wall Street meltdown like the one in 2008 that launched the U.S. recession.

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On Thursday, Reid filed a motion to end debate on the bill, setting up that vote for Monday. The expected outcome of the vote is too close to call.

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Cool, glad to see the Dems are moving on with financial reform.

it seems they are getting tough over this because it possibly has something to do with their personal portfolios. Since they didn't have such a thing at stake for the health care reform bill, they weren't as interested. We all know they have great health care at our expense for the rest of their lives. I had to laugh when it was mentioned on the news that they learned their lesson from the health care reform package, so they were going to be tough about this one. Of course. We know how it affects them. They don't give a shit about the rest of us.