If the mere threat of a Democratic filibuster in a Senate that the Republicans controlled was sufficient to prevent them from bringing a bill of that significance to the floor for a vote, then they must not have been too serious about passing reform.
Remember, according to the link Sam posted, Bush called this "most significant regulatory overhaul in the housing finance industry since the savings and loan crisis ", but apparently the Republicans didn't even feel it was important enough for a vote. Or more probable, the banking industry didn't want the vote and their lobbyists were calling the shots. Hence the death in committee. But I still fail to see how it can be blamed on the Democrats. Even if, as you claim, you don't know what happened in committee, how can blame be placed on either side? On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 5:52 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > they may have voted to kill it after hearing from Democrats that it > would be filibustered, that happens all the time... > > On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 5:23 PM, Maureen wrote: >> If the Republicans control the votes in the committee, if it failed to >> be voted out, then one or more of the Republicans would have voted >> against it. So yes, we do know why. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:269590 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
