Dodd moves to smooth way for financial reform vote

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Mon Mar 22, 2010 7:31pm GMT
Reporting by Rachelle Younglai and Kevin Drawbaugh; Editing by Kenneth Barry



In a move to clear the way for a final vote, about two dozen Democratic amendments are being added to a financial reform bill slated to come before a U.S. Senate committee on Monday, according to a document obtained by Reuters.

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd plans to bring a bill that he unveiled last week to a vote on Monday, with Republicans having agreed not to move as many as 300 amendments they had drawn up.

No such agreement has been reached among Democrats, but Dodd is moving to prevent possible delays over amendments by incorporating many of them in a revised version of his bill.

That revised version, a summary of which was obtained by Reuters, adds almost two dozen amendments from Democrats.