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Spike from MN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-10 01:23 PM
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Klobuchar votes against capping credit card interest rates.
Sen. Whitehouse of RI had proposed an amendment to the financial (non-)reform bill that would have allowed states to
impose interest rate caps on out-of-state lenders. This would mean that credit card companies would no longer be able to use a national rate that is set in the state where they are chartered. Delaware and South Dakota have no interest rate caps so the sky's the limit. That's why so many fine, upstanding credit card companies are located in those states.

You would think that allowing states to cap the current usurious rates would be a good thing. Well, that's something that Amy just couldn't abide so naturally, she voted against the amendment. Once again, Klobuchar screws the poor and working class and bends over to kiss the asses of her corporate masters. No surprise there. Hey, at least she's consistent!

Franken, of course, voted for the amendment.

More info on the amendment here:
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latest-news/senate-preserves-unlimited-card-rates

The vote tally is here:

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00159

BTW, the vote wasn't even close. 60 Nays and 35 Yeas with 5 not voting. Yeah, that Dem majority in the Senate sure is doing us a lot of good.
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glinda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-10 06:36 PM
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1. That and wants to shoot wolves. What a witch. No votes from me!
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becxx Donating Member (173 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-10 08:23 PM
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3. So true
It is all of the stuff that Amy Klobuhar does that convinces me she cannot be changed. She is cruel and will stay that way until the day she dies. Amy Klobuchar definitely has a personality disorder.
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glinda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-10 08:52 PM
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5. What personality?
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becxx Donating Member (173 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-10 08:11 PM
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2. We need to start keeping a list of all of what Klobuchar is doing to us
We need to keep a list of all of the problems Klobuchar is creating. The women really does have some severe personality problems to say the least. More to the point, she is just cruel.
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glinda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-10 08:48 PM
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4. We need to find someone to take her place. I am not kidding.
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Spike from MN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-10 07:25 AM
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7. Someone or some thing.
I'd vote for a big ol' steaming pile of shit before I'd ever vote for Klobuchar. And I'm not kidding either.
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Spike from MN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-10 07:20 AM
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6. I think it would be interesting to track her votes and compare them to
the way Norm Coleman would have potentially voted. I think there would be far more similarities than differences.
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a kennedy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-10 07:44 AM
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8. what is the name of that website that does keep track of how congress votes.....
:shrug: anyone know??
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a kennedy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-10 07:47 AM
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9. found it..... one site is called vote smart
Edited on Mon May-24-10 07:50 AM by a kennedy
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