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Measures are pursued. tonight, senator harry reid responded saying i will ensure a ban on assault weapons and limits on high capacity magazines receive votes. he also announced he would start the process of moving gun reform legislation to the floor of the senate as of tonight. the exact contours of the bill are still uncertain, including the question of whats going to end up in the base bill and acted on in the form of amendments and when the actual voting will begin given he started the proces...

Against the white house and rejecting the senates attempt to move the white houses language. so he said, no, were going to leave this with the fcc. theyre writing rules to allow for access. barney frank along with nancy pelosi. he told me in an interview that nancy pelosi told him stand up to this. dont back down. frank is standing up to the white house here. that may prevail as well. the base bill does not have the white house language in it. both the senate and the house have to agree to gut i...

Eyeballs deep. where do we stand with derivatives reform? >> theyre debating it today. bla blanche lincoln has the advantage for tough reform because it is the base bill. the senate bill is a tough bill, and thats a base one. in order to get it out, both the senate and the house have to agree to it. the house made an offer, led by barney frank today, according to a loot of analysts took lincolns proposal. theres a lot of pressure coming back towards the house saying, no, were going to stick with...

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