Whatever they choose, Obama, Pelosi and Reid seem to be driven by a desire to avoid, not confront, the voters' top priority, which is the economy and jobs. By huge margins, Americans want their leaders to concentrate on getting people back to work. While it's not quite true to say that nothing else matters, the fact is, nothing else matters nearly as much.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., announced he no longer wants to wait for bipartisan agreement on a sweeping reform bill the GOP opposes and has scheduled a vote on Monday that will determine whether the Senate can start debate.
If Republicans, "are willing to go forward with reform, that's what we'll do," Reid said. "But I'm not going to waste any more time of the American people until they come up with some agreement."
"Ultimately there is no dividing line between Main Street and Wall Street; we rise or we fall together as one nation," Obama said. "So I urge you to join me."
‘President Obama has direct knowledge to allegations made in the indictment. In addition, President Obama’s public statements contradict other witness statements, specifically those made by labor union official and Senate Candidate B [believed to be White House senior advisor Valerie Jarrett],” the motion said.
An Obama Treasury department official behind the consumer protection language in the proposed financial reform legislation is a former head of the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL), the advocacy wing of a non-profit community development lender funded by none other than John Paulson — the billionaire who worked with Goldman Sachs to package bad mortgages into securities and offer them on the market.
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