U.S. Sens. Barack Obama and Richard Durbin asked Friday to meet with Bank of America Chief Executive Kenneth Lewis amid concerns about the potential harmful impacts the bank's planned purchase of LaSalle Bank could have on the state.

Last month a local coalition of religious, union and community groups released a report contending the acquisition would result in the net loss of more than 10,500 jobs. It projected as many as 3,900 of 4,000 jobs at LaSalle's Chicago headquarters, most of them high-paying, would be cut. The group also voiced concerns that Bank of America would cut local investment and philanthropy and hurt competition here.