With the landmark financial regulatory reform bill having just passed the Senate, one of the nation’s most powerful Republicans is already seeking to repeal it.

Wall Street reform legislation provides strong consumer financial protections; brings the risky trading of derivatives, which helped trigger the crisis, into the light of day; provides the authority to wind down firms whose collapse would threaten the entire financial system; and ends taxpayer-funded bailouts.  

Yet the man who hopes to be the next Speaker of the House, Republican John Boehner, already wants to get rid of it:

"I think it ought to be repealed," said House Minority Leader John Boehner, in response to a question from TPMDC, at his weekly press conference this morning.

Evidently for John Boehner, shilling for the big banks takes precedence over protecting consumers and preventing financial crises.

So the question is, will Republican Senate candidates stand with Boehner in his call for repealing financial regulatory reform?