..., North Carolina, there is a hotly contested local referendum that would require single-member district voting for county commission. It is opposed by black residents because they have been able to elect candidates of their choice at large since the mid-1970s, thanks to effective...
...ommercial airport security checkpoints. Under S. 1348, non-compliant cards would also no longer be acceptable for employment. LCCR strongly opposed the REAL ID Act. While proponents argued it would make air travel safer, a dubious claim in itself, we expressed concern that it wou...
...roducts. While I am mindful that some borrowers utilized subprime loans in an effort to reap profits during the recent real estate boom, as opposed to borrowers who simply wanted to own homes in which they and their families could live, a moratorium would provide time to find and...
...t rates, I examined the materials on the MBA’s website. One recent letter to the House of Representatives, signed by 12 organizations opposed to the compromise version of H.R. 3609, quoted a Congressional Budget Office report – a report that found that the cost of the...
...roducts. While I am mindful that some borrowers utilized subprime loans in an effort to reap profits during the recent real estate boom, as opposed to borrowers who simply wanted to own homes in which they and their families could live, we argued that a moratorium would provide t...
...dvocate Helen Prejean, calling her a "church-hating nun" and stating that her book was merely "liberal drivel." Former Senator John Edwards opposed his nomination to the North Carolina district court when he was still a senator from that state. Later, although Judge Conrad was co...
... is to give Main Street Americans what they need: Chapter 13 bankruptcy relief. We are fully aware that the financial services industry has opposed giving homeowners this option, arguing that it would make loans more expensive and cause instability in the marketplace. We ordinari...
...ecessary, given the fast-approaching effective date of the CFPB, and given the unprecedented vow by Senate Republicans – most of whom opposed your financial reform efforts all along – to block the confirmation of any CFPB director, we believe you would be justified in...