The Senate just voted to recommend that its conferees working to reconcile the House and Senate financial regulatory reform bills include Sen. Sam Brownback’s (R-Kans.) language exempting auto dealers that make loans from Consumer Financial Protection Agency oversight. The nonbinding motion was agreed to by a surprisingly high margin, 60 to 30. Still, due to strong White House and Defense Department opposition — not to mention the sheer size of the auto lending market and the incidence of abusive lending practices at some dealerships — it is not expected to make it into the final bill.