The Brown-Kaufman SAFE Banking amendment has become the single most important amendment to the financial reform bill to end bailouts. It is the most transformative bill because it addresses the problem that too big to fail banks are too big to regulate properly and are able to capture votes in Congress like nobody’s business. Our data crunching shows that Senators who are currently opposed to breaking up the banks receive twice as much in campaign contributions from the finance sector than those who are for “SAFE Banking”
Senators Opposed to Bank BreakUps Get 2X More Finance Money — We Need Your Help on a Whip Count |
| By: tiffiniycheng Thursday May 6, 2010 8:40 am |
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Weekly Audit: Republicans Filibuster Our Financial Future |
| By: TheMediaConsortium Tuesday April 27, 2010 10:11 am |
Last night, Senate Republicans proved beyond any doubt that when it comes to the economy, they stand with Wall Street and against everybody else. Joined by lone Democrat Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE), Republicans successfully filibustered the procedural technicality of opening debate on Wall Street reform. It’s an unmistakable ploy to kill the bill and collect campaign cash from bigwig bankers. The coming weeks won’t be pretty.
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