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control of the chemical weapons the united states would then have to say we will not strike under any circumstances. anybody who thought we were giving up that control was delusional or stupid. that wasn t happening. so is that the reason the security council s vote has been cancelled? i don t know. put we ll find out shortly. we re told the president talked about the new diplomatic path, but still pushed for authorization of the use of force when he talked to the members of capitol hill today. it s been such a tough sell that the senate majority leader harry reid called off a test vote set for tomorrow. in other words, hold the vote as if to see if they had enough votes. they weren t even sure. that was cab cancelled. now the security council meeting canceled. they house majority leader, john boehner, who says he supports military action but had not been whipping his members for this, has not been trading favors and ideas on capitol hill in an effort to get the vote he
we re not talking about health care reform although it sounds like it. the mood on capitol hill feels just as partisan these days, this time the divide is over the most sweeping changes to the u.s. financial system since the great depression. republicans saying the bill does not reflect the bipartisan effort. right now, they can filibuster the bill so long as all 41 members in their caucus vote as a block against it. still democrats are hoping they can pick off one republican even if that doesn t happen until tomorrow s test vote on the bill. julie kirtz is live in washington, woo. all right, harris, with that test vote set for monday the two men at the center of showdown over reforming wall street took a break from the intense negotiations saying they re close tower a deal. and the chair and ranking republican on the senate, a banking committee side the deal making will be on capitol hill beyond monday with all 41 senate republicans prepared to vote no on a move by dems to start deb
very substantial number of republicans who want to be for a strong set of reforms. this morning, though, the top republican on the senate banking committee said he s not optimistic about a deal before a test vote set to take place tomorrow. you can see the entire interview with secretary geithner as well as a panel on the economy at the top of the hour on fareed zakaria gps. officials in mississippi worry the death toll may rise as rescue crews reach areas hard hit by what s being described as a gigantic tornado. the twister, reported to be almost a mile wide, ripped through the state saturday, killing at least ten people. there s also storm damage in louisiana, arkansas and alabama. al qaeda in iraq has confirmed that two of its senior leaders were killed in a joint raid led by u.s. and iraqi troops last week. the statement was posted last night on islamist websites, a week after u.s. officials announced their deaths. in an interview with cnn, the commander of u.s. forces in i
the senate banking committee says there are a few key issues still not resolved here. it looks like negotiations will continue beyond a test vote set for monday to bring the bills to the floor. 41 senate republicans are standing firm against the move by senate leaders to start a debate on the bill monday afternoon or evening. we are getting there. we are close. we have more work to to. we could be meeting later today in fact to talk about it. we are not there. i think we are very, very close. this is a complicated piece of legislation, over 1300-pages as the dodd bill is now stands but what we are trying to do is improve two or three things in it. it is very tedious. also this morning on fox news sunday the gop s top man in the senate, senator mitch mcconnell says he believes the bill will eventually pass but believes both sides need to keep talking. republicans continue to object to a $50 billion bailout fund that would be paid for by the financial firms but republicans