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Democratic and Republican lawmakers worked into sunrise Friday morning to reach a fractured agreement over financial regulatory reform. The so-called "Fin-Reg" bill hands President Barack Obama a solid political victory heading into the mid-term elections.

In a move that has drawn criticism, confusion, and more than a few comments about strange bedfellows, the Senate recently voted 67-29 to add a gun-rights amendment to a consumer credit-card bill. The provision, which was authored by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla), requires national parks to abide by...