Democrats, Pressuring G.O.P., Unite on Finance BillBy DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
Published: NYTimes - April 25, 2010
"...The agreement among Democrats would...raised the pressure on Senate Republicans, who said that they were still fighting for changes to the bill and planned to block the start of floor debate in a first procedural vote on Monday....Senator Richard C. Shelby of Alabama said on Sunday that his party was still prepared to block debate of the bill as he fought for additional changes, including what he described as tight guarantees against future taxpayer bailouts of banks....Will we get a bill by tomorrow? I doubt it," Mr. Shelby said on NBC’s "Meet the Press." ...Told that the two sides seemed close, Mr. Shelby said it wasn’t clear. "Inches sometimes are miles," he said.