NU Online News Service, April 16, 3:50 p.m. EDT

WASHINGTON–President Obama today criticized opponents of financial services reform, saying failure to enact such legislation "would be leaving taxpayers on the hook if a crisis like the one we've just seen ever happens again."

The decision facing lawmakers considering the bill, he said, is: "are they going to side with the special interests and the status quo, or are they going to side with the American people?"

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