Blocking bankruptcy. (Networks).(Brief Article)

YOU'D THINK THAT THE RECESSION--combined with Congress' big talk about corporate accountability--would cripple legislation that protects credit-card companies at the expense of the poor and unemployed. You'd be wrong. The very day after Congress passed its dramatic accounting-reform measure, another less commendable bill emerged from a conference committee and headed for a floor vote: one that would make it more difficult for non-wealthy Americans to file bankruptcy.

After live years of being thwarted by a broad coalition of public-interest organizations, the bill was on the verge ...

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