Democrat Nelson votes against Wall Street crackdown

WASHINGTON, April 26 | Mon Apr 26, 2010 5:24pm EDT

WASHINGTON, April 26 (Reuters) - Conservative Democratic U.S. Senator Ben Nelson broke with party ranks on Monday and voted against opening Senate debate on a proposed crackdown on Wall Street.

Nelson's action likely means that the bill will be blocked, at least for now. Democrats must pickup at least two Republicans to prevail and clear the way for consideration of the bill. Voting likely to be concluded within minutes.

(Reporting by Thomas Ferraro; editing by Jackie Frank)
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victor7978 wrote:
Well Senator Nelson, how much are the wall street brokers paying you? I’ll bet it is a pile of money.
The fat cats don’t want any oversite, because that will prevent them from stealing our money.

Haven’t they stole enough of it already?

I’m really pissed off about this.

Victor Winebrenner

Apr 26, 2010 6:02pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
jessica73 wrote:
Good for Nelson. He helped vote against more socialism by the Obama Regime. Too bad he didn’t stand his ground on the healthcare bill.

Apr 26, 2010 6:10pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
dngrwill wrote:
Stop being pissed. You probably forgot that Wall Street handed the DNC OVER $40 Million during the last election cycle. Are you mad at Obama for taking almost $1million from Golman Sachs?

And by the way – what exactly have they stolen?

Had the government not had it’s hand in everyone’s cookie jar to begin with, we wouldn’t be in this mess.

Apr 26, 2010 6:10pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
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