Jeff Bingaman United States Senator from New Mexico

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman said he is glad that the filibuster on Wall Street reform legislation has finally ended.

For the past few days, the Senate was unable to get the 60 votes it needed to end a filibuster over whether the Wall Street reform bill could even be brought up for consideration.  Republicans today agreed to debate the bill.

"It's unfortunate that it took so long to get to this point.  But I'm glad that we are finally able to debate and amend this important bill," Bingaman said.  "Wall Street's bad behavior nearly shattered our economy and New Mexico families are suffering because of it.  We can never let that happen again, which is why it's so important to begin this debate."