She makes an excellent point. Banks are not exactly struggling to make payroll.
PROGRESSIVES PUSH DEMS ON SENATE BANKING BILL — The Senate’s banking regulatory reform bill is due to hit the floor as soon as next week. Progressives are pressuring Democrats to oppose it.
Per a roundup going out Monday from AFR’s Carter Dougherty: “Progressive activists from groups including Americans for Financial Reform, Credo, and Demand Progress have sent upwards of 400,000 messages to the Senate urging lawmakers to defeat S. 2155. … Sen. Tom Carper’s primary challenger is also making an issue of his co-sponsorship of S. 2155, noting that high bank profitability doesn’t suggest regulations are a burden.”
