Senate Coverage -- (March '05)

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[OXENinFLA]

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Next Senate meeting: Tuesday, March 1, 2005

9:45 a.m.: Convene and begin a period of morning business. Thereafter, resume consideration of S. 256, the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005.

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(Sec. 106) Precludes an individual debtor from filing under Federal bankruptcy law unless the individual has received a briefing from an approved nonprofit budget and credit counseling service prior to filing a bankruptcy petition, unless the U.S. trustee or bankruptcy administrator determines that the service for the district in which the debtor lives is not reasonably able to provide adequate services to the additional individuals who would otherwise seek credit counseling because of such requirement. Conditions a Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 discharge in bankruptcy upon the debtor's completion of an approved instructional course concerning personal financial management. Requires the clerk of each district to maintain a public list of credit counseling agencies and instructional courses concerning personal financial management. Prescribes criteria for approval of such agencies and courses.

I just started reading the Bill looking for the pork and it didn't take long to find some. Want to make some money. Become an "approved" credit counselor. Of couse, you will need "connections" to get the approval.

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(Sec. 231) Prohibits a bankruptcy trustee from selling or leasing to unaffiliated third parties, personally identifiable information possessed by the debtor concerning an individual if that is contrary to the debtor's privacy policy, unless specified conditions have been met, or the court approves such sale or lease after a consumer privacy ombudsman has been appointed.

Another interesting tidbit. There is a great deal of mischief in this Bill, imho. There is also a section that will require elementary and secondary schools to develop courses that teach personal finance. Notwithstanding Orin Hatch's pleas yesterday about how hard and long they have worked on this thing and how "bi-partisan" it is (always grab your wallet when you hear that one), I hope this does not pass, although I fear that it will.

[Mo1]

I just started reading the Bill looking for the pork and it didn't take long to find some.

Every time the nit wits up on the Hill complain about the deficit and spending is to high

I think ... do these nit wits think we don't know who writes and passes these bills?

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I think ... do these nit wits think we don't know who writes and passes these bills?

Talk about not wanting to be accountable. Part of the trick is to write these things so as to be incomprehensible to most people. One thing that struck me is the sense of intense lobbying that must have gone on by credit counseling agencies. They successfully got their fingers in the pie. I wonder if the debtor has to pay their fees, which will come off the top, count on that, and if payment in full will be required before the debtor has any hope of a discharge (bet it will).

[Mo1]

(bet it will).

Bet it will too

Speaking of credit counseling ... The folks up on the Hill remind me of teenagers with mom & dad's credit card

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The folks up on the Hill remind me of teenagers with mom & dad's credit card

And, as we know, part of the backup for that credit card is the income from SS decuctions which the evil Bush is trying to deprive them of. I guess I'm just feeling unusually disgusted with the lot of 'em today.

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UNITED STATES SENATE

COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES

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There will be a meeting of the Committee on

ARMED SERVICES

Tuesday, March 1, 2005

9:30 AM

Room SH-216, Hart Senate Office Building

OPEN



To receive testimony from combatant commanders on their military
strategy and operational requirements in review of the Defense
Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2006.


General James L. Jones, Jr., USMC
Commander, U.S. European Command and
Supreme Allied Commander, Europe

General John P. Abizaid, USA
Commander, U.S. Central Command

General Bryan D. Brown, USA
Commander, United States Special Operations Command

Audio link here.

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NOTICE OF HEARING

The Senate Committee on the Judiciary will hold a hearing on Tuesday, March 1, 2005, at 9:30 a.m. in Room 226 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building on "Judicial Nominations."

Senator Specter will preside.

By order of the Chairman

Tentative Witness List

Hearing before the
Senate Judiciary Committee
on
Judicial Nominations

Tuesday, March 1, 2005, at 9:30 a.m.
Dirksen 226


Panel I

[Senators]


Panel II

William Myers
to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Link

[firewalk]

Thanks for the new thread

[OXENinFLA]

lol!

the mic is open in the Senate Armed service meeting

[firewalk]

online?

[OXENinFLA]

Yeah, here

[OXENinFLA]

hit.... SH-216

[firewalk]

Thanks

[ken5050]

Well, if there are any fireworks from the SJC, C-span woill rerun it tonight. I'd rather watch that than all the Michael Jackson crapola..

[OXENinFLA]

Anything going on there?

In the SJC?

[ken5050]

no idea..not listening..

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Levin up now whinny about "trained" Iraqi troop #'s...