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Saturday, May 09, 2009

Looking at House votes:

At HuffPo, there's this:
Obama Makes Push For Credit Card Legislation

Obama has prominently lobbied for a bill calling for a credit card crackdown. It already has cleared the House and awaits action in the Senate. ...

The bill's boosters are tapping into public anger over corporate excesses and the conduct of companies receiving billions of dollars in taxpayer money.

The House measure, called the Credit Card Holders' Bill of Rights, passed on a bipartisan vote of 357-70 following lobbying by the Obama administration. It would prohibit so-called double-cycle billing and retroactive rate hikes and would prevent companies from giving credit cards to anyone under 18.
How did that vote go? Like this:
partyYesNo
Democratic2521
Republican10569
Who was that Democrat? Stephanie Herseth Sandlin of South Dakota. And what goes on in that state?
The service industry is the largest economic contributor in South Dakota. This sector includes the retail, finance, and health care industries. Citibank, which was the largest bank holding company in the United States at one time, established national banking operations in South Dakota in 1981 to take advantage of favorable banking regulations.


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