Senator Olympia J. Snowe, Republican of Maine, said Monday that she was prepared to support the final version of legislation to overhaul the nation's financial regulatory system, putting the Senate in a position to complete the bill by week's end.

Earlier on Monday, Senator Scott Brown, Republican of Massachusetts, said that he, too, was ready to approve the bill after pondering it over the Fourth of July recess.

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