Congressional Quarterly has a list of lawmakers who will end up making the difference in today’s meeting to iron out the difference between the two versions of a financial-regulatory overhaul bill (HR 4173) passed by the House and the Senate.

In the House, there are 19 Democrats: Howard L. Berman of California, Leonard L. Boswell of Iowa, John Conyers Jr. of Michigan, Elijah E. Cummings of Maryland, Luis V. Gutierrez of Illinois, Paul E. Kanjorski of Pennsylvania, Mary Jo Kilroy of Ohio, Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Gregory W. Meeks of New York, Dennis Moore of Kansas, Gary Peters of Michigan, Collin C. Peterson of Minnesota, Bobby L. Rush of Illinois, Heath Shuler of North Carolina, Edolphus Towns of New York, Nydia M. Velázquez of New York, Maxine Waters of California, Melvin Watt of North Carolina, and Henry A. Waxman of California.

And 10 Republicans: Joe L. Barton of Texas, Judy Biggert of Illinois, Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, Scott Garrett of New Jersey, Sam Graves of Missouri, Jeb Hensarling of Texas, Darrell Issa of California, Frank D. Lucas of Oklahoma, Ed Royce of California, and Lamar Smith of Texas.

In the Senate, there are 6 Democrats: Tom Harkin of Iowa, Tim Johnson of South Dakota, Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont, Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas, Jack Reed of Rhode Island, and Charles E. Schumer of New York.

And 4 Republicans: Saxby Chambliss of Georgia, Bob Corker of Tennessee, Michael D. Crapo of Idaho, and Judd Gregg of New Hampshire.

These members are the ones the compromises will come from, according to CQ. I am very weary of compromises. We generally get the worst of both worlds. This time it could mean Lincoln’s ban on most derivatives trades by banks and Durbin’s cap on the fees debit-card issuers can charge retailers to process card transactions.

Here is Ramesh’s excellent article on the Durbin amendment.