MSNBC The Ed Show June 30, 2010
legislative priority. brown along with a few other republicans voted for the senate's version of wall street reform earlier. but when the conference committee added in a $19 billion tax on the largest hedge funds and banks, he balked. now, keep in mind, this $19 billion fee was to make sure the reform bill didn't increase the deficit, take note deficit hawks and it also had the added benefit of providing a disincentive for financial institutions to grow too big. brown, however, said he wouldn't support it. so yesterday, the conference reconvened and they got rid of the tax replacing ...
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