The banking industry is swarming over Capitol Hill in an effort to gut or defeat S. 61, the Helping Families Save Their Homes Act. The latest tactic is to try to limit the loans that can be modified in bankruptcy to sub prime loans.
These Senators are thought to be undecided or subject to being swayed one way or the other:
Max Baucus – Montana
Robert Byrd – West Virginia
Tom Carper – Delaware
Tim Johnson – South Dakota
Mary Landrieu – Louisiana
Joe Lieberman – Connecticut
Blanche Lincoln – Arkansas
Claire McCaskill – Missouri
Ben Nelson – Nebraska
Mark Pryor – Arkansas
Jon Tester – Montana
The freshman Democratic Senators have no history with this issue:
Mark Begich — Alaska
Michael Bennett – Colorado
Roland Burris – Illinois
Kirsten Gillibrand — New York
Kay Hagan – North Carolina
Ted Kaufman – Delaware
Mark Udall – Colorado
Tom Udall – New Mexico
Mark Warner – Virginia
A few Republicans
Bob Corker – Tennessee
Richard Lugar — Indiana
Mel Martinez – Florida
Arlen Specter — Pennsylvania
George Voinovich — Ohio
If you or family or friends are constituents of any of these lawmakers, give them a call or email in support of a no cost opportunity to stop the housing collapse.
Call them toll free: 877.354.4958
Or email at: www.nacba.org/TellCongress
Ask them to support a strong and comprehensive judicial mortgage modification buill.
