Comments on: Psst….Here’s Your House Cheat Sheet

By: seabos84

seabos84 — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:56:16 +0000

I recall many a dkos diary from Slaughter – another 1 bites the dust! They REALLY count on us workign stiffs being too busy with our b.s. jobs to keep tabs on their b.s. to hell with her.

rmm.

By: gamd521

gamd521 — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:49:53 +0000

Great, just one more thing to set our sights on.

Thanks Jane for shining light on this farce. I am sure there are many other ways in which Congress works to frustrate democracy. What conceivable justification could there be for this way of operating, except to escape accountability?

I think that we all need to be as well informed as to the various blatantly undemocratic procedures in Congress. These people must believe that their devious devices are terribly clever and will escape the public’s notice. This is just one more misapprehension these idiots need to be disabused of.

Filibuster rule, exclusionary Rules Committee, what else should we be aware of? Looks like Congress just like the Fed needs to be audited and revamped. The more we see of this Congress the more it needs to be overhauled and replaced.

Of course any system no matter how well designed will work only if the people that work within it have integrity and honesty. I guess insuring this is the most immediate way to proceed.

By: Knoxville

Knoxville — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:45:27 +0000

Meanwhile, House Finance Committee Chair Barney Frank sent out an email today via the DCCC's list to ask supporters for money because, he says, House Democrats need help to stop teabaggers from fucking up finance reform and to stop teabaggers from getting in the way of the creation of a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency. Seriously. I'm not joking. I wrote about Barney's ridiculous email here. Jane, thanks for this outstanding post. Great insight behind the curtain and very informative!

By: Hugh

Hugh — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:47:06 +0000

I just started going through the amendments via the link to the House site, almost all of them are an incredible pile of shit. Some like Bachmann’s are about sticking a shiv in somebody. Others are about various corporate whores doing the bidding of those that pay them. And then there are the crackpot loony tunes, let’s stick it to ACORN group, which come to think of it is probably whom Bachmann is aiming at. Then there is something like the one that has Hensarling’s name as a cosponsor as a substitute. The description sounds halfway reasonable, but with Hensarling on board it is a given to be some piece of half-baked libertarian wingnuttia. And I am not even out of the B’s yet.

By: ubetchaiam

ubetchaiam — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:45:33 +0000

If I understood “debts secured by the debtor’s principal res-
idence if the value of such residence as of the date
of the order for relief under chapter 13 is less than
the applicable maximum amount of noncontingent,
liquidated, secured debts specified in this subsection;” I could offer a more informed opinion but Conyers seems to be headed in the right direction.

BUT there is this and I am surprised there is not more outrage about it.

The Sarbanes exemption seems to be saying there will be no exemption but that a study will be done; is that correct?

And Peterson’s amendment seems to be saying that he doesn’t want the SEC or CFTC to be regulating derivatives; who’s padding his wallet?

Just like a cancerous tumor, these people need to be excised from the politcal system one way or another.

By: eCAHNomics

eCAHNomics — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:43:14 +0000

No, that doesn’t happen.

By: fuckno

fuckno — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:39:47 +0000

B(L)S has been busily scrubbing data, I’m sure.

By: marymccurnin

marymccurnin — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:31:00 +0000

The real unemployment poo has not hit the fan yet.

By: fuckno

fuckno — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:27:38 +0000

Lee, Christopher (NY), Hensarling (TX) #56

Would limit the authority of the Consumer Financial Protection Agency to prescribe regulations when the national unemployment rate is above 8%.

This one insinuates that we are about to experience a brand new normal in unemployment. Unemployment at 8% expected to become the new normal?!

By: Broadstreetbuddy

Broadstreetbuddy — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:24:11 +0000

Thanks for the pep talk guys. Actually, Mary, you are right, it is easier to fight the good fight after you find out when and where to put up the most effective battle. Thanks for pointing out that important point. Alright, I am back to being energized and enthusiastic about things to come. Oh and Im glad that we have people like you, Jane, on TV who get to speak to millions of people and actually have those people’s interests in mind.