It's the last day of the legislative session.  Lots of work to do. Check out the Political Insider for a "ticker" of today.

http://blogs.ajc.com/political-insider-jim-galloway/

Connie Hair from Human Events reports on Congress at Connie's Congress and gives us the inside scoop on the financial reform bill.

Senate Republicans have agreed by consent to let the Democrats' partisan finance bill come to the floor for debate after winning important concessions on some more contentious areas of the bill. 

Democrats must still reach a 60-vote threshold to end debate before any final vote on the bill could be taken.

"Chairman Dodd has assured me that he will address a number of concerns I have expressed with respect to ending bailouts," said Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), top Republican on the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee.  "I take him at his word."

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=36754

My new column at HumanEvents.com

"This stunning report should make everyone question the wisdom of moving forward with plans to give regulators like the SEC even more widespread authority."--Rep. Darrell Issa (R.-Calif.)

I'm a girl from Georgia and it's getting dangerously close to the time of year when SEC means college football and not the Securities and Exchange Commission. However, when it was revealed at least 33 employees of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) were disciplined or removed from their positions for viewing porn up to eight hours a day, it piqued my interest.

It's even more important this story came out prior to a week when Congress is taking up financial reform. All of the focus has been on "Wall Street" and the private side of the equation and very little to no attention on the incompetence of the SEC, Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=36744