Dodd to offer his own financial regulation bill..republicans miss the boat again

[Peacetrain]

They will have nothing to run on in November..the republicans once again cutting off their noses to spite their faces..


WASHINGTON AP) — Unable to muster bipartisan agreement on key banking provisions, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd said Thursday he will offer his own version of a sweeping overhaul of financial regulations without Republican support.

A month of talks between Dodd and Republican Sen. Bob Corker found some common ground but failed to yield agreement on consumer protections and other sticking points.

"Together we have made significant progress and resolved many of the items, but a few outstanding issues remain," Dodd said in a statement. Dodd said he still aimed to get a consensus bill, but said time was running out.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100311/ap_on_bi_ge/us_financial_overhaul

[Beetwasher]

1. Consumer Protection Agency Please!

Thanks Sen. Dodd!

[twiceshy]

2. Dodd is a crook.

[Nancy Waterman]

3. Thank goodness he has given up on Corker

It was being watered down endlessly. Dodd should be free to act as he sees fit now with no further election to cause him to compromise on what is right.

[samrock]

4. BUT with only 59 democratic votes in the senate...

won't this simply die due to a failed cloture vote??? I can't image any of the 41 republicans breaking rank.. Can you??

[corkhead]

5. Maybe we should threaten the real "Nuclear Option" since the republicons have confused everyone

by equating it with reconciliation.