Illinois & California
May 10, 2010 | Uncategorized | Comments (0)Discussed over at PDLindustrynews.com.
Latest
May 5, 2010 | Uncategorized | Comments (0)Update from one of our lobbyists:
Chairman Dodd on the floor. Hopes/expects to get to a vote on the Boxer Second Degree amendment around 11-1130am; and then to the Shelby proposal (concerning the $50B res auth) around 12:30pm. Chairman Dodd said he then expects to adopt the Snowe amendments before moving on with consideration of other amendments.
New Payday Pundit record
April 28, 2010 | Uncategorized | Comments (0)Twenty posts today. Tomorrow may be less busy. I’m hearing that the Senate will pass the “motion to proceed” vote and do a lot of talking. Key votes on amendments will probably be next week.
Thanks to everyone for checking in.
Wow, I stand corrected
April 28, 2010 | Uncategorized | Comments (0)Republicans did NOT fold. The vote was 56-42 (they needed 60 to proceed to the bill).
My bad
April 28, 2010 | Uncategorized | Comments (0)In all the excitement this week, I forgot to check in with our friends at PDLindustrynews.com.
Comment of the Day
April 26, 2010 | Uncategorized | Comments (0)How do laws morph into loopholes to fit an argument…..? Payday lenders in Ohio were told to switch to these so-called loopholes by the same advocates and the legislaters who are now crying foul…This is the latest round of Big government in a state which is losing jobs at an alarming rate.The politicians of Ohio need to stop the bleeding and try to help keep jobs instead of forcing companies out of business.Payday lending like all financial industries cant always wear the white hats because they lend money and cant control, nor do they want to,personal responsibility of there customers…The only way to regulate personal responsibility is to take away peoples freedoms….NO THANKS OHIO
“Test Vote” will take place on Monday
April 22, 2010 | Uncategorized | Comments (2)Here’s the latest from Roll Call:
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced the chamber would hold a test vote Monday on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Chairman Chris Dodd’s (D-Conn.) financial regulatory reform bill, threatening Republicans to vote against the sweeping measure that has picked up momentum in recent days.
“This is very simple. If they’re ready to move to the bill, that’s what we’re going to do,” Reid told reporters Thursday. Otherwise, Reid said, the Senate would hold a Monday cloture vote to try to move to the measure.
“There’s been plenty of time. We don’t need three more months,” Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said, joining the chorus of Democratic leaders who vowed to press ahead with or without Republican support.
Reid will have to pick off at least one Republican to secure the 60 votes needed to move the bill forward, and it is not clear whether any GOP Member will break ranks to proceed.
Video from Durham
April 22, 2010 | Uncategorized | Comments (0)Outside the Center for Responsible Lending:
Americans for Prosperity Interview
Americans for Prosperity Protest the CRL
April 22, 2010 | Uncategorized | Comments (0)Conservative anti-tax group Americans for Prosperity members protested The Center for Responsible Lending on Wednesday, charging the organization against predatory lending is “at the epicenter” of the Goldman Sachs scandal.
Read the full story here.
Sorry for bad links & typos
April 21, 2010 | Uncategorized | Comments (0)The Pundit was up early and blogged before he had his caffeine fix. Links are all fixed.
