Feeling the Pinch? The Democratic-Republican Party and Bankruptcy Laws

Published on Friday, March 16, 2001

Bankruptcy laws were made much tougher – for you and I, but not corporations and Wall St. swindlers – a few years ago by a combination of Republicans and corporate fascist Democrats like Harry Reid.  Wake up.

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines01/0316-03.htm

Going Backwards

36 ‘Democratic’ Senators Vote For Credit Card/Banking Industry’s Bankruptcy ‘Reform’

…and they wonder why so many Democrats voted for Ralph Nader.

GW Bush and the credit card/banking industry won a huge victory last night as 36 ‘Democrats’ joined their Republican ‘colleagues’ and voted to pass S-420 – the Bankruptcy bill.

“Among Senate Democrats who may vote for the bankruptcy bill are Minority Leader Thomas A. Daschle (D-S.D.), whose state is home to a Citigroup Inc. credit card operation in Sioux Falls that employs several thousand people. Daschle has received $45,000 in political contributions from Citigroup in the last six years.” — Washington Post 3/11/01

The Sell Outs:

Daniel Akaka (Hawaii) senator@akaka.senate.gov

Max Baucus (Montana) http://www.senate.gov/~baucus/EmailMax.htm

Evan Bayh (Indiana) http://bayh.senate.gov/webmail.html

Joe Biden (Delaware) senator@biden.senate.gov

Jeff Bingaman (New Mexico) senator_bingaman@bingaman.senate.gov

John Breaux (Louisiana) senator@breaux.senate.gov

Robert Byrd (West Virginia) senator_byrd@byrd.senate.gov

Maria Cantwell (Washington) http://cantwell.senate.gov/mailform.html

Jean Carnahan (Missouri) senator_carnahan@carnahan.senate.gov

Thomas Carper (Delaware) http://carper.senate.gov/

Max Cleland (Georgia) http://www.senate.gov/~cleland/webform.html

Hillary Clinton (New York) senator@clinton.senate.gov

Kent Conrad (North Dakota) senator@conrad.senate.gov

Tom Daschle (Sorth Dakota) http://daschle.senate.gov/webform.htm

Byron Dorgan (North Dakota) senator@dorgan.senate.gov

John Edwards (North Carolina) http://www.senate.gov/~edwards/contact.html

Dianne Feinstein (California) senator@feinstein.senate.gov

Bob Graham (Florida) bob_graham@graham.senate.gov

Fritz Hollings (South Carolina) http://www.senate.gov/~hollings/webform.html

Daniel Inouye (Hawaii) http://www.senate.gov/~inouye/webform.html

Tim Johnson (South Dakota) tim@johnson.senate.gov

Herb Kohl (Wisconsin) senator_kohl@kohl.senate.gov

Mary Landrieu (Louisiana) http://landrieu.senate.gov/webform.html

Patrick Leahy (Vermont) senator_leahy@leahy.senate.gov

Carl Levin (Michigan) senator@levin.senate.gov

Joe Lieberman (Connecticut) senator_lieberman@lieberman.senate.gov

Blanche Lincoln (Arkansas) blanche_lincoln@lincoln.senate.gov

Barbara Mikulski (Maryland) senator@mikulski.senate.gov

Zell Miller (Georgia) http://miller.senate.gov/email.htm

Patty Murray (Washington) senator_murray@murray.senate.gov

Ben Nelson (Nebraska) http://www.senate.gov/senators/ben_nelson.html

Harry Reid (Nevada) senator_reid@reid.senate.gov

Chuck Schumer (New York) senator@schumer.senate.gov

Debbie Stabenow (Michigan) senator@stabenow.senate.gov

Robert Torricelli (New Jersey) senator_torricelli@torricelli.senate.gov

Ron Wyden (Oregon) http://wyden.senate.gov/mail.htm

Democrats Who Voted No:

Jon Corzine, N.J.; Mark Dayton, Minn.; Chris Dodd, Conn.; Dick Durbin, Ill.; Russ Feingold, Wis.; Tom Harkin, Iowa; Ted Kennedy, Mass.; John Kerry, Mass.; Bill Nelson, Fla.; Jack Reed, R.I.; John Rockefeller, W.Va.; Paul Sarbanes, Md.; Paul Wellstone, Minn.

Not Voting:

Barbara Boxer (California)