Wall Street Journal: Wall Street's lobbying army is is marching around Washington in a push to shape the final financial-overhaul bill. But it has gotten harder to get through the door with some lawmakers. One bank has complained that it no longer has access to House Financial Services Commitee Chairman Barney Frank.
By "some lawmakers" they mean Democrats. Republicans however, have embraced the lobbyists effort. During initial Senate consideration of the bill, House GOP members “huddled” with over 100 lobbyists to “kill” the “financial reform bill.” House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) has even called upon bankers to “stand up for themselves” against “those little punk staffers” trying to improve regulation. The robber barons are going all out to maintain their ability to loot the financial system and the GOP is standing with them. If the Republicans return to power in November we're sure to have another financial meltdown and this time we may not recover.
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