Congress Goes to Bat For Wall Street, Rejects Plan To Break up Banks

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Major economic realignments are not quickly established. It took seven years for Franklin Delano Roosevelt to pass all of his New Deal-era banking reforms. We have known for some time that this legislation, however stringent, would be incomplete. Hedge funds, credit rating agencies, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac all must be addressed by separate legislation. The SAFE Banking Act must be considered in every subsequent reform package.

These are the senators who voted last night to preserve Wall Street's power. Senators in bold also voted for the bailout bill in 2008:

Akaka (D-HI)

Alexander (R-TN)

Barrasso (R-WY)

Baucus (D-MT)

Bayh (D-IN)

Bennet (D-CO)

Bond (R-MO)

Brown (R-MA)

Brownback (R-KS)

Burr (R-NC)

Carper (D-DE)

Chambliss (R-GA)

Cochran (R-MS)

Collins (R-ME)

Conrad (D-ND)

Corker (R-TN)

Cornyn (R-TX)

Crapo (R-ID)

Dodd (D-CT)

Enzi (R-WY)

Feinstein (D-CA)

Gillibrand (D-NY)

Graham (R-SC)

Grassley (R-IA)

Gregg (R-NH)

Hagan (D-NC)

Hatch (R-UT)

Hutchison (R-TX)

Inhofe (R-OK)

Inouye (D-HI)

Isakson (R-GA)

Johanns (R-NE)

Johnson (D-SD)

Kerry (D-MA)

Klobuchar (D-MN)

Kohl (D-WI)

Kyl (R-AZ)

Landrieu (D-LA)

Lautenberg (D-NJ)

LeMieux (R-FL)

Lieberman (ID-CT)

McCain (R-AZ)

McCaskill (D-MO)

McConnell (R-KY)

Menendez (D-NJ)

Murkowski (R-AK)

Nelson (D-FL)

Nelson (D-NE)

Reed (D-RI)

Risch (R-ID)

Roberts (R-KS)

Schumer (D-NY)

Sessions (R-AL)

Shaheen (D-NH)

Snowe (R-ME)

Tester (D-MT)

Thune (R-SD)

Udall (D-CO)

Voinovich (R-OH)

Warner (D-VA)

Wicker (R-MS)