Larger Dem Majority Good News for Credit Card Reformers

Just off the phone with Travis Plunkett, the legislative director of the Consumer Federation of America, who points out an important advantage that the recent elections have lent to supporters of credit card reform legislation: The larger Democratic majority in the Senate next year means that the More…

Carper: Lieberman Should Pay for Desertion

This in from The Hill:

Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), a close ally of Sen. Joe Lieberman, said the Connecticut Independent should pay a price for his campaign attacks against President-elect Barack Obama.

“There need to be consequences, and they cannot be insignificant,” Carper said in a Monday interview with

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