There’s a ton of last-minute changes currently happening to Sen. Chris Dodd’s (D-Conn.) financial regulatory reform bill. Below are my updates on the most important ones.
First: No cloture vote at 2 p.m. The Senate will vote on amendments instead, and the bill will still be up for debate. Notably, More…
The fact that Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) appears to be headed for a runoff doesn’t bode well for the incumbent’s re-election odds, according to history.
I consulted University of Georgia political scientist Charles Bullock, who co-wrote the definitive book on the subject, to confirm his study of runoff More…
The results from Tuesday’s much-watched congressional primaries are in. Now the larger question remains: What’s their significance?
The fall of five-term Sen. Arlen Specter (D) in Pennsylvania marks the end of an era; the rise of ophthalmologist Rand Paul (R) in Kentucky lends both power and voice to More…
Neither candidate in the Arkansas Democratic Senate primary will finish with a majority of the vote, while Rep. John Boozman (R) may be able to avoid a runoff and win his party’s nomination.
As of 1:56 p.m. Wednesday, Sen. Blanche Lincoln led Lt. Gov. Bill Halter 45-43 percent in the More…
President Obama’s decision not to campaign for Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) ahead of his tough primary tonight has been the subject of media chatter in the last few days. But Specter isn’t the only candidate in tonight’s primaries who has received the hands-off approach from More…
Brian Beutler at Talking Points Memo reports that Democrats plan to hold off on altering Sen. Blanche Lincoln’s (D-Ark.) derivatives language until after her primary challenge on Tuesday.
Democrats reportedly want to weaken or strike Lincoln’s provision to force banks to spin off their derivatives desks. Everyone from Sen. More…
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) will likely offer the first amendment to Sen. Chris Dodd’s financial regulatory reform bill which is now on the floor and in the process of being merged with Sen. Blanche Lincoln’s (D-Ark.) derivatives language. It will be a symbolic amendment, and a bipartisan favorite: No More…
This week, Sen. Chris Dodd’s (D-Conn.) financial regulatory reform bill moved to the floor of the Senate. And with that bill close to passage, Wall Street and lobbyists turned their attention to Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) and the Senate Agriculture Committee’s proposal to regulate More…
Senators agree that the banks are too big. But multiple bills and possible amendments circulating on the Hill offer different solutions to that problem. Here is a primer on the main proposals.
The American Financial Stability Act: Sen. Chris Dodd’s (D-Conn.) financial regulatory reform proposal is due to be More…
Talking Points Memo reports that Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), the ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee, says Republicans are close to supporting Sen. Chris Dodd’s (D-Conn.) financial regulatory reform bill. “We’re very close to a deal and there will be a substantial number of Republicans that go along More…
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