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Daily Archives: December 19th, 2007

A simple proposal

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

The Fed has proposed a Plan To Curb Risky Lending which does not much for the past victims of predatory lending practices and appears to do not that much to prevent future abuse: The plan includes provisions that would require more extensive disclosures, restrict advertising and make it harder to lend to borrowers with little […]

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Kabuki show

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Today the Senate Judiciary Committee, its members still outraged at the fact that Mukasey has told them to stuff it on investigating the CIA or anything else, are now going through the same dance with the fellow he’s chosen to be his deputy. Mark Filip, who helped Bush steal the election in Florida, is everyone […]

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Connecticut Democrats vote right

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

All four Connecticut Democrats voted against funding the Iraq and Afghanistan wars with no strings attached. Here are the Democrats who didn’t cave: Abercrombie, Ackerman, Allen, Andrews, Arcuri, Baca, Baldwin, Becerra, Bishop (NY), Blumenauer, Boswell, Brady (PA), Braley (IA), Butterfield, Capps, Capuano, Cardoza, Carnahan, Castor, Clarke, Clay, Cleaver, Cohen, Conyers, Costello, Courtney, Crowley, Cummings, Davis […]

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