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October 13, 2009

Merkley And Dodd Advocating For Consumers

That Jeff Merkley just gets better and better. I keep steeling myself for the day that the culture of compromise wears him down, but the way he keeps going on doing the right thing keeps my faith in the elected official alive. Today, Mapes writes this about that:

The financial industry and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are vigorously fighting it, and you hear some chatter on conservative blogs. One called it "another effort by [President] Obama to take control of a significant portion of the economy."

Merkley and Dodd said they're just trying to look out for consumers. They met at Portland State University with a selected group of people with stories to tell about how they've been affected by the financial collapse. Bob and Martha Barney of Milwaukie, for example, told how they got lured into a mortgage they said wasn't what they had been told it would be. Now they owe far more than their home is worth and they're worried it will destroy their credit.

Keep it up, Jeff.

Anybody throw Jeff any Senator Treats yet? Throw him some Senator Treats, please.

Posted by The Chinuk at October 13, 2009 01:45 PM