Much has been made of Sen. Blanche Lincoln’s decision last week to abandon bipartisan negotiations in the Agriculture Committee and support a tough bill on derivatives. This morning, the full Ag Committee met to consider her proposal, and it passed out of committee–with a surprise Republican vote.
Republican Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa joined Democrats, who unanimously supported the language.
As the Washington Post reports this morning, the odds of Democrats peeling off a few Republican votes on a final financial regulatory bill seem to be getting better with every day.