Obama welcomes Senate vote on financial reform debate

WASHINGTON, April 28 | Wed Apr 28, 2010 7:49pm EDT

WASHINGTON, April 28 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama welcomed a Senate vote on Wednesday opening the way to debate on financial regulatory reform.

"It was the right thing to do," Obama told reporters aboard Air Force One after Republican lawmakers dropped their effort to block the Senate from taking up the Democratic bill to overhaul financial rules. (Reporting by Matt Spetalnick; Editing by Eric Walsh)

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