Olympia Snowe

• Democrats Get 60th Vote For Financial Services Reform

  By Staff Writer  |  July 14, 2010

  Senate Democrats announced that they have the votes to secure passage of financial services reform legislation in the Senate after getting support Monday night from Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine.

• Democrats Get 60th Vote For Financial Services Reform

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  July 13, 2010

  Senate Democrats announced that they have the votes to secure passage of financial services reform legislation in the Senate after getting support Monday night from Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine.

• Brown Backs Fin. Svcs. Bill, But Dems Still One Vote Shy

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  July 12, 2010

  Senate Democrats inched closer toward passage of financial services reform legislation today when Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., said he would vote for the measure.

• Fin. Svcs. Conferees Reconvene To Address Tax Disputes

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  June 29, 2010

  Negotiators on financial services reform legislation reopened the conference this afternoon to remove a $19 billion bank tax that potentially imperiled Senate passage this week.

• Financial Bill Set For Final Vote As Senate Votes For Cloture

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 20, 2010

  The Senate voted today to limit further debate on financial services reform legislation, setting up likely final passage of the bill by Friday.

• Insurers Jockey For Adjustments As Vote Nears On Fin'l Reform Bill

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 17, 2010

  Winning an exemption for insurers from having to help pay to wind down failed non-insurance firms posing a systemic risk to the economy was the key priority for insurers

• Sen. Merkley Introduces His Amendment To Crimp ONI

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 12, 2010

  Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., has introduced an amendment to financial services regulation now pending in the Senate that would drastically reduce the authority of the Office of National Insurance it would create.

• Sen. Merkley Introduces His Amendment To Crimp ONI

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 11, 2010

  Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., has introduced an amendment to financial services regulatory legislation now pending in the Senate that would drastically reduce the authority of the Office of National Insurance it would create.