[PEN-L:28661] Re: Re: Bankruptcy Bill - stalled for the moment

[Gar Lipow <lipowg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is the same one. The house and Senate had passed different version.
The conference committee had worked out a compromise based on going
after anti-abortion protestors - meaning the house leaders had
compromised. But apparently keep house repubs did not accept the
compromise so the deal collapsed.

Bill Lear wrote:

> On Friday, July 26, 2002 at 23:31:51 (-0700) Gar Lipow writes:
>
> > July 27 -- WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bankruptcy bill before the U.S. House
> > of Representatives that would make it harder for individuals to walk
> > away from their debts ran aground over an abortion related-provision
> > early on Saturday, congressional aides said. The bill will now have to
> > wait until after Congress returns from its summer recess, they added....
>
> Didn't Congress recently pass a bankruptcy bill?  How does this one
> differ, if so?
>
>
> Bill