Cloture invoked on Financial Regulatory Reform Bill, 60-40.

[jefferson_dem]

Brown, Snowe, Collins vote yes. Feingold, Cantwell vote no.

http://twitter.com/wonkroom/statuses/14379394496



When at first you don't succeed...

After failing yesterday to get the 60 votes they needed to bring debate on the financial reform bill to a close, Senate Democrats succeeded in this afternoon's cloture vote.

The final vote today was 60-40 (yesterday it was 57-42). Next up is a final vote on passage, which is expected to take place within days.

Two Democrats -- Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Russ Feingold (D-WI) -- still voted no today, but this time around, Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) joined Sens. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Susan Collins (R-ME) in supporting cloture.

Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA), who was absent for yesterday's vote, also voted in favor of cloture. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid also changed his vote from "no" to "yes" -- though yesterday's "no" vote was merely a procedural necessity that allowed him to bring up the motion again.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/05/senate-votes-to-end-debate-on-financial-reform-bill.php