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Industry Channels Money to Senators Voting to Keep the Banks Big

Jeffrey ErnstFriedman | May 06, 2010

May 6, 2010 - Finding out positions on major legislation before a vote sometimes requires the tried and true method of picking up the phone and asking. The blog A New Way Forward, a group in favor of restricting the size of financial institutions, is conducting a whip count of Senators ahead of an amendment to the financial regulations bill that would restrict just how big, big banks can get. Our friends at OpenSecrets.org have provided ANWF with some figures showing how much the banks favor Senators voting to keep the banks together.

Check out the post here.