silla brush of "the hill" and dennis brady.. he said there is no way the bill can come out of committee and get much republican support in the house. >> i think that is what he was indicating. the attached changes it woold take for republicans to support it in any way, the congressman in and month. as a result, few republicans in the house are likely to support thh bill in the end. >> i found it interesting in talking about tarp, he said he had his regrets voting for tarp. yet he said there was a piece of the legislation they got in there that actually worked. it sounds as if he has some hooe that republicans can have a voice in this. >> i think so, but that is probably a fleeting help. we are in the ninth inning here. unlike some legislation that goes to the body, i hink this was unique over tte last yyar because rather than getting+ weakened or water down, the bill it tougher against financialnd%- ittis a hard subject to vote+ against at least rhetorically. it probably will not change much. >> and has been out of the house's a

we are joined by silla brush, the financial services reporter for "the hill" newspaper, and by brady dennis of the "washington post," financial reporter of that newspaper. thank you for being here with us. we will let brady dennis have the first go to question. >> statting broadly, talking about financial reform here in this last sort of chapter, but i anted to look back over the course of this in the past year or year and a half and ask you sort of on both sides of the aisle, everyone said, unlike health care or other issues, financial reform wasn't a naturally partisan thing. we had sort of a broken skm and a deep crisis -- system and a deep crisis, and that wasn't a party line thing. but at most steps along thh way, we have seen it break down that way. there was a partisan vote in the house, and video for the most part in the senate, we saw yesterday that there are still some of those tensions there. i was wondering why you think it ended up going along that road? >> i think it has increasingly become more partisan. probably in the last 30 years. there used to be the southern -- the sout

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. >> silla brush of "the hill" and brady dennis of the "washington post." is it just me or am i hearing from congressman bachus that there is really no way a bill can come out of this committee and get much republican support in the house? >> i think that is pretty much what the congressman was indicating, that the size and the type of changes that it would take for republicans to support it in any number, the congressman doesn't believe those will likely come in the next month and as a result few republicans in the house are likely to support the bill in the end. >> he also talked about -- i found it interesting, in going back and voting about tarp. he said he had his regrets in voting for tarp. and yet he also said theee was a ppece of the legislation they got in there that worked. it sound as if he does have some hope that republicans can 3 >> i think so, but i think that is probably a fleeting hope. we are in sort of the ninth -pinning of this legislation here. i'm no expert on congress, but unlike some of the legislation that goes through that body, i

he is joining us on "newsmakers" rush andined by philip brus the brady dennis. >> congressman, let's start broadly about financial reform. i wanted to look back over the course of the last year-and-a- half and ask you about this. nine bay --eform was u financial reform was not a partisan thing. house and in the senate.n the%- why o think it ended up going on that route these past months? been thatought it has increasinggy over the last two months. the northern republicans and the -- they have been morr about less government and limited ggvernment, being less intrusive