Posts Tagged ‘special interests’

Senate Passes Bailout Plan; House May Vote by Friday | New York Times

Larry Lessig, who seeks to Change Congress by pulling out the special interest money that has eroded the public trust to a measly 9%.

At Public Citizen’s Watchdog Blog, Graham Steele & David Arkush point out the problematic tendency of the press to treat issues of civil justice as clashes of special interests. Insurance companies vs. trial lawyers. Doctors vs. trial lawyers. Debt collectors vs. trial lawyers.
Always somebody vs. trial lawyers. Not “insurance companies vs. patients” or “debt collectors [...]

Or if it does, it is doing a pretty good job of hiding it. Last Thursday the House Financial Services subcommittee was ready to hear testimony of, among notable others, actual consumers concerning the Credit Card Bill of Rights proposed by Representative Carolyn Maloney. Unfortunately, it seems the committee members’ hypocrisy goes only so far, [...]