out of nowhere. Maybe people remember the outrage...
It was a last second bill (pulled off the shelf last thing before recess) that everyone pretended was just innocuous business as usual.. no one could explain whose idea it was to call up this bill again or why there were pants on fire to pass this without any debate, including the sponsor of the bill, who had thought it long dead and was taken by complete surprise..
There were many, many calls to the White House when the fact of the bill became public. I was on hold to the WH hot line quite a long time the day I called.
Bank foreclosure cover seen in bill at Obama's deskhttp://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4566941The legislation could protect bank and mortgage processors from liability for false or improperly prepared documents.
The White House said it is reviewing the legislation.
"It is troubling to me and curious that it passed so quietly," Thomas Cox, a Maine lawyer representing homeowners contesting foreclosures, told Reuters in an interview.They thought no one was paying attention. Now..they aren't even pretending our outrage at criminality even matters.