A Modest Proposal from a Pragmatic Democrat
The following is a table of US Senators facing re-election in 2006, by party and their votes on the Bankruptcy Bill. Consider these names significantly weakened. We should target them in their primaries. Left and right should work together and overthrow them. They work for corporations, not for people.
Update: Here's a pretty thorough overview of bipartisan blogosphere opposition to this bill from Glenn Reynolds.
Here is Tunesmith's Friday Action including... a table of all Senators who voted "yes" on the measure and their phone numbers.
I really believe that if we can scare the bejeezus out of the Senate, the House (all of whom will be up for election next year) will think pretty hard about whether they want to go home to their constituents and answer why they want to force more people into Chapter 13 bankruptcy when half of the people who seek bankruptcy protection do so because of medical expenses and about two thirds of the people currently in the Chapter 13 system fail to meet their court ordered payments and end up in Chapter 7 anyway.
| Dems to be defended | Dems behaving badly | Republicans behaving typically |
|---|---|---|
| Sen. Danial Akaka (D-HI) | Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) |
Sen. George Allen (R-VA) |
| Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) | Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) | Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT) |
| Sen. John Corzine (D-NY) | Sen. Thomas Carper (D-DE) | Sen. Lincoln Chaffee (R-RI) |
| Sen. Mark Dayton (D-MN) | Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) | Sen. Mike DeWine (R-OH) |
| Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA) | Sen. Jim Jeffords (I-VT) (Caususes with Democrats) | Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) |
| Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) | Sen. Herbert Kohl (D-WI) | Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) (sponsor) |
| Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-CT) | Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) | Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R-TX) |
| Sen. Paul Sarbanes (D-MD) | Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) | Sen. John Kyl (R-AZ) |
| Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) | Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) | |
| Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) | ||
| Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) | ||
| Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) | ||
| Sen. Jim Talent (R-MO) | ||
| Sen. Craig Thomas (R-WY) |
*Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) did not vote.
Posted by shamanic at March 11, 2005 12:17 PM
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