Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
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Sheldon Urges Colleagues to Vote for Consumers, Against Big Banks
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May 20, 2010
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May 20, 2010
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5:20Now PlayingIn this floor speech preceding a vote on his Interstate Lending amendment to the Wall Street Reform bill, Sheldon urged his colleagues to support the measure and vote to help American consumers.
The amendment ultimately failed 60-35, but Sheldon stated afterward, "I will work to advance this critical legislation at every opportunity. My sixteen cosponsors and I surprised the powerful special interests by getting as far as we did on the Wall Street bill, and next time we fully intend to pass this legislation and permit states to once again protect their citizens from unfair lending practices.
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