WA Senators support the middle class in a failed effort to give assistance to citizens facing forecl

[rhett o rick]

foreclosure.

The following was posted by Joanne98

“The United States Senate took a swipe at the spirit of May Day in a spectacular show of callous indifference when it voted down a bill to provide limited assistance to citizens at risk for losing their homes. The final vote was 45 in favor, 51 opposed to Senator Richard Durbin's (D-IL) mortgage assistance bill. The original version of the bill covered some but not all of those requiring assistance. The final version was even more restricted. It applied to only homeowners currently in foreclosure as a result of actions prior to the start of 2009.
The denial of assistance to citizens by Senators is ironic given the fact that the origins of the current economic crisis came from Senate legislative actions in 1999 and 2000.”

More at http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x445049

Both Sen Murray and Sen Cantwell voted in favor of the amendment.
Sen Specter voted against. (surprise, surprise, surprise)

[eridani]

1. I generally get about half of what I want from both of them

Beats the bejeezus out of the 0% we'd get from just about any Republican.