look, this is full of jargon. what is shorting? what is a derivative? i mean, it s just full of jargon. extremely difficult to understand unless you re on the inside but you make it look bad by demonizing the guys who have bet against the housing market. right. you used very colorf language that carl levin and they didn t cross the line. maybe the line needs to change. maybe so. that s what financial reform would supposedly do. what a perfect segue to the next item. you know, they voted on financial reform in the senate yesterday once again. they came up one vote short as well. ben nelson went over to the republican side, president of the united states barack obama addresses yesterday in the hometown of radar o reilly. i m talking about ottumwa, iowa. today, for the second time in 24 hours, senate republicans unanimously blocked efforts to even begin debating reform.
even begin debating reform. i m not asking them to vote for the bill. i just want to let them debate it. you ve learned these senate rules are complicated. so they won t even let it get on the floor to be debated. it s one thing to oppose reform, but to oppose just even talking about reform in front of the american people and having a legitimate debate, that s not right. just ahead at 7:30. we ll speak with chris dodd about his efforts to move financial reform forward. president obama likely to get and earful today as he talks about wall street reform, the homestretch of his white house to main street tour. suzanne malveaux joins us from iowa today. what people thought of the goldman sachs grilling yesterday, suzanne?
for the second time in 24 hours, senate republicans unanimously blocked efforts to even begin debating reform. i m not even asking them to vote for the bill. i just want to let them debate it. it s one thing to oppose reform but to oppose talking about reform in front of the american people and having a legitimate debate, that s not right. the american people deserve an honest debate on this bill. joe and mika, we ve got you back up in washington. apparently we re trying to connect you through soup cans is the way we re doing it this morning. that works. pat, you have so many things going on right now, of course, you have the bill, of course, financial reform bill that s blocked again, and then our goldman sachs friends on the hill getting pillaried and the illegal immigration debate growing to a fevered pitch in arizona. you have been on the forefront of being against amnesty for
to paint goldman as to the reason why this reform is needed. it s been a very convenient time for goldman to be up here. democrats playing that to their full advantage. the politics of this, monica, harry reid for the third time is going to try to paint republicans with respect. that is angering republicans not wanting to make this a bipartisan, harry reid putting us out for political ploy. most likely reform will happen in a month or so broad picture. thanks for the wrap-up. they want it added before beginning the presidential debate. the white house to main street tour started yesterday in iowa. a fiery president blasting republicans for blocking debate on the bill. for the second time in 24 hours, senate republicans unanimously blocked efforts to even begin debating reform. i m not even asking them to vote for the bill. i just want to let them debate it. it s one thing to oppose reform,
those monthly savings on energy, it s good for our foreign policy, good for national security. you re going to have to go reck sionciliation on that as w. republicans aren t going to help you on anything. again, on financial reform you get the debate going, the vote was 57-41. here s the president talking about that. yes. today for the second time in 24 hours senate republicans unanimously blocked efforts to even begin debating reform. i m not even asking them to vote for the bill. i just want to let them debate it. and you know you ve learned senate rules are complicated. so they won t even let it get on the floor to be debated. it s one thing to oppose reform, but to oppose just even talking about reform in front of the american people and having a legitimate debate, that s not right. senator merkley, it s reform on wall street, financial