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herding cats

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Wed Dec 10, 2014, 05:14 PM Dec 2014

35 Hours Before Deadline, Agreement To Keep Government Open Breaks Down

Last night, Congressional negotiators reached an agreement that most assumed would keep the government open until September. But with just 35 hours before funding for the federal government runs out, that agreement is in serious Jeopardy.

From the left, Democratic leaders in the House are objecting to unrelated policy provisions, attached by Republicans, that would weaken financial regulations and campaign finance law.

Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), the ranking member on the House Budget Committee announced his opposition on Twitter Wednesday afternoon:

Voting NO on spending bill. Leaves taxpayers on the hook to pay for gambling at biggest banks & undoes critical campaign finance reforms.
11:15 AM - 10 Dec 2014


Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) effectively voiced her opposition as well, saying the bill included provisions “destructive to middle class families and to the practice of our democracy.”

Similarly, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) railed against the agreement, calling it “a giveaway to the most powerful banks in the country.”

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/12/10/3601924/35-hours-before-deadline-agreement-to-keep-government-open-breaks-down/


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35 Hours Before Deadline, Agreement To Keep Government Open Breaks Down (Original Post) herding cats Dec 2014 OP
Good. The provision putting taxpayers on the hook for derivatives losses has no place in that bill. pa28 Dec 2014 #1
Will some Democrats actually have enough back bone to fight? liberal_at_heart Dec 2014 #2
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