The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. July 13, 2010 Senate Closer To Passing Financial Reform Bill ---------------------------------------------- The Senate appears set to pass the final version of the financial reform bill. On Monday Republicans Olympia Snowe of Maine and Scott Brown of Massachusetts said they would support the legislation. With their support Democrats now have the 60 votes needed to close debate and move to a final vote. .