On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 3:53 PM, Judah McAuley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A quick search doesn't turn up anyone claiming a filibuster threat on that > bill. It looks like the biggest opposition was because the bill didn't > include any of the same language in the companion House bill (which did pass > btw) that encouraged help for low income home ownership. Looks to me like > the bill died because Republicans weren't willing to add on language dealing > with low income ownership plans that were supported in the House. I'm not > seeing a fillibuster threat.
The low income ownership requirement that the democrats added to the bill is an expansion of what caused the crises. Forcing banks to give loans to people they know can't afford them. > Oh, for what its worth, of the three sponsors of the bill, Sununu, Dole and > McCain, McCain was the only one to not bother to sponsor the bill again in > the 110th congress (where it was S. 1100). Apparently it wasn't that big of > a deal to McCain. Maybe because he was running for president and didn't have time to beat a dead horse. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:270466 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
