So I'm reading the headlines over at Yahoo! this morning and I come across an
article by Marcy Gordon (AP's Business Writer) about the bankruptcy bill. She tells us about how this bill was struck down by the House last time the Republicans tried to shove this repulsive bit of legislation through because of the abortion amendment.
Banks, credit card issuers and retailers have pushed for eight years for bankruptcy revisions that would force more people to repay at least part of their debt. It nearly passed in 2002 -- failing when the Senate accepted, but House Republicans rejected, a Democratic amendment barring protesters from using bankruptcy to avoid paying court fines for blocking abortion clinics.
This year, with four more Republican senators, the abortion provision was rejected Tuesday on a 53-46 vote. Later the Senate voted 69-31 to limit further amendments, close the debate and hold a final vote this week.
So far Ms. Gordon's doing just fine. But... well, read on.
Gordon goes on to tell us the same shit you've already heard if you've been paying attention to this bill.
Then she writes:
The bill's supporters argued that bankruptcy frequently is the last refuge of gamblers, impulsive shoppers, divorced or separated fathers avoiding child support,and multimillionaires, often celebrities, who buy mansions in states with liberal homestead exemptions to shelter assets from creditors.
I read on, thinking that surely Gordon would add how the Democrats tried to add an amendment to this disgusting bill to close that loophole but every damned one of the Republicans (not to mention a few of our Democrats, whom I've take the time to write to about it) voted against the amendment.
Liberal media, my ass.