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
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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
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Mitch
Mitch
Stewart
Director
Organizing for America
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