In just a few hours, Senate Republicans will be put to the test. Both they and leading Democrats say they’re a hair away from reaching a bipartisan framework on financial regulatory reform, yet Republicans have decided to block Democrats from bringing the issue to the Senate floor. In response–and because it makes for great politics–Democrats will try to break that filibuster at 5 pm tonight. Even if they fail, they reason, they succeed at painting Republicans with a pro-Wall Street brush.
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