🚀 go-pugleaf

 (Mohit K Goyal) writes:
>>Really?  By what mechanism does Phil Gramm have the power to "single-handedly
>>kill a bill" in the Senate?  And who wrote him this check?  This is a serious
>>charge.  
[...]
>The part about the check was simply my opinion for why he axed the bill,
>since he, nor anybody else, can come up with an "honest" reason.
>ie-a good reason to not make it easier for consumers to obtain credit
>reports and fix errors in their credit report.  This bill would have
>finally shifted the burden from consumers to the companies and credit
>reporting companies in fixing incorrect credit reports.

Phil didn't need any financial incentive to hack this bill. It was pretty
clear that the senate Republicans were out to kill every bill they could in
order to make the Democrats and Clinton look bad. Besides, Phil wants to be
president, so he's posturing already. I can understand the opposition to
health care; I would have hated to see a bill rammed through without proper
consideration. But the opposition to the campaign reform bill and this credit
bill was ridiculous and was done clearly to promote gridlock and political
gain.  

This coupled with their hypocritical support of term limits has caused me to
lose respect for the Republican party quite rapidly. Their actions indicate to
me that they care more about political gain the the welfare of the country.  

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