harm. it does just the opposite. reporter: republicans braced for two weeks of amendment and debate on the bill with the first vote set to cur tuesday and the most divisive among this tough ones likely to be the consumer protection agency dodd passionately defended. this would give this particular organization a large and very expansive role in the lives of americans that i think will increase the cost of capital, i think it will create a lot of bureaucracy across our country. and so, no, i think this is very problematic and the issue we need to deal with most. in addition to amendments both parties have begun circulating pdfs of the invitation to each other s most recent fundraisers; particularly, those hosted by rich manhattanites with ties to wall street. it is, bret, going to be a rough one. bret: thank you, james. as he mentioned the dow was down today, losing 158 3/4. the s&p 500 dropped 20 and change.
it does just the opposite. reporter: republicans braced for two weeks of amendment and debate on the bill with the first vote set to cur tuesday and the most divisive among this tough ones likely to be the consumer protection agency dodd passionately defended. this would give this particular organization a large and very expansive role in the lives of americans that i think will increase the cost of capital, i think it will create a lot of bureaucracy across our country. and so, no, i think this is very problematic and the issue we need to deal with most. in addition to amendments both parties have begun circulating pdfs of the invitation to each other s most recent fundraisers; particularly, those hosted by rich manhattanites with ties to wall street. it is, bret, going to be a rough one. bret: thank you, james. as he mentioned the dow was down today, losing 158 3/4. the s&p 500 dropped 20 and change. the nasdaq gave back 50 3/4.