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A budget deal, a deal negotiated behind closed doors that slips in a provision that would let derivatives traders on wall street gamble with taxpayer money and get bailed out by the government when their risky bets threaten to blow up our financial system. these are the same banks that nearly broke the economy in 2008 and destroyed millions of jobs. the same banks that got bailed out by taxpayers and are now raking in record profits. this is a democracy, and the american people didn't elect us to stand up for citigroup. they elected us to stand up for all the people. i urge my colleagues in th...

Nancy pelosi says she wants this provision stripped out of the bill. she wants it in no uncertain terms. elizabeth warren railed against this provision on the senate floor tonight. senator warren passionately urging her house colleagues to vote no on the bill if it holds this provision in it. to not give the republicans the votes they need to pass this thing. not as long as this thing is slipped into it. >> the house is about to vote on a budget deal, a deal negotiated behind closed doors that slips in a provision that would let derivatives traders on wall street gamble with taxpayer money and...

Roll back a key piece of the dodd/frank financial reform law that was designed to limit damage from risky derivatives trading. the inclusion of that measure in the spending bill prompted an apoplectic senator elizabeth warren to call on her colleagues. >> who does congress work for? does it work for the millionaires, the billionaires, the economies with their lobbyists and lawyers or does it work for all the people? i urge my colleagues in the house, particularly my democratic colleagues whose votes are essential to moving this package forward, to withhold support from it until this risky give...

Because people of all political per situations were disgusted at the idea of future bailouts, and now, no debate, no discussion, republicans in the house of representatives are threatening to shut down the government if they don't get a chance to repeal it. i urge my colleagues in the house, particularly my democratic colleagues whose votes are essential to moving this package forward, to withhold support from it until this risky giveaway is removed from the legislation. >> wow. we're back at the roundtable. clarence, you start on this. it looks like this is her chance, you know, the galloping...

And omnibus is a provision to roll back a key piece of the dodd/frank financial reform law that was designed to limit damage from risky derivatives trading. the inclusion of that measure in the spending bill prompted an apoplectic senator elizabeth warren to call on her colleagues. >> who does congress work for? does it work for the millionaires, the billionaires, the economies with their lobbyists and lawyers or does it work for all the people? i urge my colleagues in the house, particularly my democratic colleagues whose votes are essential to moving this package forward, to withhold support...