It's now being
reported that the Senate passed the credit card bill, 67 to 29, with the Coburn amendment in it.
The bill will now go to conference to resolve the differences between the two houses.
The Republicans really don't want finance reform, or we would have seen such during all those years that Bush and the republican party held the majority. So this very well could be a "poison pill" amendment.
It should also be noted that the Dems have used this very tactic to get gun-control measures passed. Now the other side of the aisle is using many of the same tactics.