Is the Senate Bungling Its Wall Street Crackdown?

motherjones.com — The last thing Democrats want is for Congress' long-promised Wall Street crackdown to become a rerun of health care reform—the House passes a bill, only to see grueling negotiations grind to a halt in the Senate. But as Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., prepares to release his proposal for financial reform this week, House lawmakers who have worked on the issue are worried that the talks will once again paralyze the Senate, producing only flimsy restrictions and no agency to protect consumers.

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