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Excerpted from “Financial Reform Talks Near Collapse, Some GOPers Threaten To Defect” By Brian Beutler, TPMDC, April 27, 2010, 5:41PM
[SIZE="+2"]B[/SIZE]ipartisan Wall Street reform negotiations appeared on the brink of collapse Tuesday night after Republican and Democratic principals found themselves at an impasse over the issue of consumer financial protection. But though Republicans have been promising all week to sustain a filibuster, blocking debate on the Democrats' legislation, they now seem prepared to cede the current fight, explicitly saying that, if talks don't bear fruit soon, they'll allow the bill to move to the floor. …
Well, we can only hope the Republican leadership hurries up and gets out of the way.