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ASSOCIATED PRESS House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hails the financial-reform measure on Capitol Hill on Thursday. She is joined by Rep. Barney Frank (left), Rep. James E. Clyburn (center) and Sen. Christopher J. Dodd. The measure passed in the Senate by a 60-39 vote, and President Obama plans to sign the bill into law next week.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Arizona Rep. Russell Pearce, who wrote the state's tough immigration legislation, has filed a "motion to intervene" against the White House's challenge of the new law.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS President Obama and Kurt Dykstra, mayor of Holland, Mich., sit in an electric Ford Focus on Thursday in Holland at the groundbreaking ceremony of Compact Power Inc., a battery plant and a subsidiary of LG Chem Ltd.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS COUNTERPUNCHING:Michael S. Steele is giving as good as he gets from Democratic Party critics in personal attacks.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Senate candidate Sharron Angle, who is leading her Democratic opponent in Nevada, Majority Leader Harry Reid, wishes death on her opponents, according to a Democratic Party spokesman who has stirred up a heated defense.
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Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., let, looks on as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 15, 2010, after Congress passed the stiffest restrictions on banks and Wall Street since the Great Depression. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer)
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV, and Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-CT, hold a news conference following passage of the financial reform bill on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 15, 2010. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg
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House Financial Services Committee Chairman Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., left, talks with former Virginia Rep. Tom Davis, on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, July 15, 2010, after Congress passed the stiffest restrictions on banks and Wall Street since the Great Depression. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 15, 2010, after Congress passed the stiffest restrictions on banks and Wall Street since the Great Depression. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer)
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Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-ME, speaks with a reporter after voting yes on a cloture vote on the financial reform bill on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 15, 2010. The vote passed which allows a final vote on passage of the bill later today. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg
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Sen. Susan Collins, R-ME, (L) speaks with a reporter after voting yes on a cloture vote on the financial reform bill on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 15, 2010. The vote passed which allows a final vote on passage of the bill later today. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg
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Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner delivers remarks during a news conference at the Treasury Department, Thursday, July 15, 2010, in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
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President Barack Obama speaks to reporters outside the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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President Barack Obama walks up the steps of Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Md., Thursday, July 15, 2010, on his way to participate in the groundbreaking ceremony of an advanced battery plant in Michigan. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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President Barack Obama and Holland, Mich. Mayor Kurt Dykstra, sits in an electric Ford Focus, at the groundbreaking ceremony at Compact Power, Inc., a subsidary of LG Chem Ltd., a battery plant, Thursday, July 15, 2010, in Holland, Mich. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Shahram Amiri, an Iranian nuclear scientist who disappeared a year ago, center, holds his 7-year-old son Amir Hossein as he arrives at the Imam Khomeini airport just outside Tehran, Iran, Thursday, July 15, 2010. Mr. Amiri claimed Thursday he suffered extreme mental and physical torture at the hands of U.S. interrogators after disappearing last year, adding to Tehran's allegations he was abducted by American agents. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Shahram Amiri, an Iranian nuclear scientist who disappeared a year ago, left, flashes a victory sign as he arrives at the Imam Khomeini airport just outside Tehran, Iran, Thursday, July 15, 2010. Amiri claimed Thursday he suffered extreme mental and physical torture at the hands of U.S. interrogators after disappearing last year, adding to Tehran's allegations he was abducted by American agents. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hassan Qashqavi, is at right. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Shahram Amiri, an Iranian nuclear scientist who disappeared a year ago, holds his son, Amir Hossein, as he arrives at the Imam Khomeini airport just outside Tehran, Iran, Thursday, July 15, 2010. Mr. Amiri claimed Thursday he suffered extreme mental and physical torture at the hands of U.S. interrogators after disappearing last year, adding to Tehran's allegations he was abducted by American agents. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Shahram Amiri, an Iranian nuclear scientist who disappeared a year ago, listens to a question while holding his 7-year-old son Amir Hossein during a news briefing as he arrives at the Imam Khomeini airport just outside Tehran, Iran, Thursday, July 15, 2010. Mr. Amiri claimed Thursday he suffered extreme mental and physical torture at the hands of U.S. interrogators after disappearing last year, adding to Tehran's allegations he was abducted by American agents. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
