Congress OKs Law on Class Action Suits

[DelawareValleyDem]

Congress on Thursday passed legislation that would transfer most large, multistate class action lawsuits to federal court, fulfilling one of President Bush's second-term goals


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=3&u=/ap/20050217/ap_on_go_co/limiting_lawsuits

[Just Me]

1. It would have more appropriately been named "Corporate Welfare Bill".

The ONLY faction served by this bill are big corporations.

Lawyers still get big bucks.

Corporations still are not held fully accountable.

And the American people now have far less power to stand up against corporate abuses.

[Megahurtz]

5. You've got that right.

We are SO screwed.:hurts:

[Danmel]

2. Score another victory for Corporate America

Pretty soon there won't be any reason for them to do anything responsibily. We are screwed.

[Liberty Belle]

3. Can someone post the roll-call of votes?

[Danmel]

6. Here's a link to the Roll Call vote

At least my Congressman, Israel (S-NY) voted against it! 50 (yes 50) Democrats voted for this thing. 279-149 Of course, my dear Senator Schumer voted for it. :puke:


http://clerk.house.gov/cgi-bin/vote.asp?year=2005&rollnumber=38

[Orsino]

4. They are not of us...

...and are too busy passing laws to benefit their real constituents to listen to us.

[Just Me]

7. KICK (to inform the people being sacrificed for "corporate welfare")!

[Czolgosz]

8. Does anyone have a good point-by-point summary of what's wrong with

this new law and what corporations backed/wrote it?