Haruna --

Last week, Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch  McConnell got all 41
GOP senators to promise to oppose Wall Street reform. He  thought President
Obama would back down in the face of a unified show of  force.

He was wrong.

Instead, the President stood in front of Wall  Street bankers Thursday,
going to bat for consumers and confronting the toughest  of crowds with a
strong message: Reform is good for Americans, good for the  market, and it's time
to get on board.

Bipartisan discussions have begun  again -- but Wall Street lobbyists are
still swarming Capitol Hill, trying to  trip up negotiations and maintain the
gridlock that has defined Washington for  far too long.

So now, it's up to us. We need to show Republican  senators that the
American people are watching closely to see whose side they  end up on.

_Tell  Republicans in the Senate to stand up to the special interests and
work with the  President to pass Wall Street reform._
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The President laid out a bold plan to hold Wall Street  accountable, to
protect American taxpayers by ensuring they'll never again be  asked to bail
out a big firm "too big to fail," and to put in place the  strongest consumer
financial protections ever proposed.

But this  fight isn't just about fixing Wall Street. It's also about fixing
 Washington.

For too long, it's been a place where special  interests have set the rules
and petty partisanship has stood in the way of  progress. As the President
said Thursday, "We can and must put this kind of  cynical politics aside."

Thanks to strong leadership from the President  and Democrats in Congress,
the gridlock is starting to crack, and Republicans  are slowly giving signs
that they'll come on board. The Senate has even  scheduled a preliminary
vote for Monday at 5:15 p.m.

But Wall Street  lobbyists are flooding in to firm up opposition -- trying
to carve out loopholes  and exemptions for big banks and lenders who have
long exploited  consumers.

The only sure-fire way to make sure that the special interests  don't get
their way is to show Senate Republicans that Americans are standing  firmly
with the President. Tell them to join us to fight for American families  who
are counting on reform, not the big Wall Street banks. Send a letter  today:

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Thanks,

Mitch

Mitch  Stewart
Director
Organizing for America

P.S. -- Want to learn more  about what reform means for you? _Check  out
our online Wall Street reform resource  center._
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