Cuellar and Bankruptcy
Despite being a Democrat, Congressman Cuellar has voted the Bush Adminstration line many times. One example was the bankruptcy bill, which makes it much harder for individuals to erase their debts. The bill was favored by the big financial institutions much favored by the President. Who it affects can be seen in today’s New York Times:
They were construction workers, schoolteachers and medical center managers. From Manhattan to Minneapolis, Chicago to San Francisco, they stood in long lines that snaked a block or more for much of yesterday. Some brought their children. Some had arrived at dawn.
It may have looked like a frenzied rush for rock concert tickets, but the thousands of people standing patiently in line for hours outside federal courthouses were waiting to file for bankruptcy. It was the final workday before a tough new federal law takes effect.
