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Stop Senate Republicans From Stalling Efforts to Prevent Foreclosures

Target: U.S. Senate Republicans
Sponsored by: Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Millions of Americans are losing their homes in the worst foreclosure crisis in recent memory, and the Bush Republicans in Washington are content to sit on their hands.

That's not good enough for the American people, so Democrats are doing everything we can to rush federal assistance to people devastated by the mortgage crisis.  But again, George Bush threatened to veto House legislation to provide immediate assistance to those in need.

You can help us show our opponents that the American people are serious about solving these problems.  Please sign our petition and join our efforts today.
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goal: 20,000
 

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Our economy is on the very brink of recession and foreclosure rates have nearly doubled in the last year. Over 2 million Americans are at risk of losing their homes and losing their grip on the American Dream. Yet Senate Republicans are doing nothing to address the foreclosure crisis.

These foreclosures hurt us all. They damage an already teetering economy in a downward spiral of falling home values and decreased tax bases, and they put our friends and neighbors out of their homes.

We can't afford to sit around and wait for these issues to sort themselves out. We, the undersigned, urge Senate Republicans to stop delaying the Democrats' efforts to prevent foreclosures.
We signed the “Stop Senate Republicans From Stalling Efforts to Prevent Foreclosures” petition!
# 300:
10:32 am PDT, May 10, Richard Hartwell, Washington
# 299:
10:31 am PDT, May 10, Kimberly Worman, Indiana
# 298:
10:30 am PDT, May 10, Name not displayed, New York
# 297:
10:29 am PDT, May 10, STEPHAN ALTSCHUL, Tennessee
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10:28 am PDT, May 10, Name not displayed, New York
# 295:
10:28 am PDT, May 10, Lois Chaffee, New York
# 294:
10:26 am PDT, May 10, Name not displayed, Florida
# 293:
10:23 am PDT, May 10, Carl Stephenson, Minnesota
# 292:
10:23 am PDT, May 10, Judy Kuettel, New Mexico
# 291:
10:22 am PDT, May 10, Jeff Haugh, Illinois
# 290:
10:15 am PDT, May 10, Diane Henry, Ohio
# 289:
10:13 am PDT, May 10, Name not displayed, Tennessee
# 288:
10:13 am PDT, May 10, Frank Briones, California
# 287:
10:10 am PDT, May 10, Marion Jimenez, California
# 286:
10:07 am PDT, May 10, Thomas Windberg, Texas
Thomas J Windberg
# 285:
10:03 am PDT, May 10, Laura Thomae, Pennsylvania
# 284:
10:02 am PDT, May 10, Ava Rosenblum, Minnesota
Please stop foreclosing on people. These are difficult economic times for many homeowners. Let's be a country that helps its residents.
# 283:
10:00 am PDT, May 10, Laurel Kinder, California
# 282:
10:00 am PDT, May 10, Name not displayed, Indiana
# 281:
9:59 am PDT, May 10, John Jenkins, California
# 280:
9:58 am PDT, May 10, Michael Grice, Oregon
# 279:
9:57 am PDT, May 10, Remy Sherman, Colorado
# 278:
9:56 am PDT, May 10, DANIELLE MOORE, Arizona
# 277:
9:56 am PDT, May 10, John V. Peterson, Oregon
# 276:
9:52 am PDT, May 10, Coel Risley, California
# 275:
9:50 am PDT, May 10, Susanna Orr, Texas
# 274:
9:49 am PDT, May 10, DE Moore, California
# 273:
9:47 am PDT, May 10, Richard Rheder, New York
# 272:
9:45 am PDT, May 10, Michele Lagana, California
We can't afford to sit around and wait for these issues to sort themselves out. We, the undersigned, urge Senate Republicans to stop obstructing the Democrats' efforts to prevent foreclosures. Democrats have united around a few core principles that should be a part of any plan to address this critical issue: We would rush emergency federal foreclosure prevention resources to nonprofit housing groups that are on the frontlines, fighting to keep families in their homes. Our plan would provide even more funding to city and state agencies working to help borrowers save their houses. Senate Democrats would enact tough new government oversight to end predatory lending. Finally, our plan would provide new assistance to creditworthy homeowners who need help refinancing now, before they get caught in the mortgage crunch. These common sense solutions aren't radical, they're just what's necessary. We won't accept any more obstructionism. Americans are losing their homes and they need help.
# 271:
9:45 am PDT, May 10, Patricia Murphy, California
# 270:
9:44 am PDT, May 10, Lee Vozel, Arizona
# 269:
9:43 am PDT, May 10, Jeff Hopkins, Illinois
# 268:
9:41 am PDT, May 10, David Miller, Texas
# 267:
9:41 am PDT, May 10, Carol A. Weiner, California
# 266:
9:41 am PDT, May 10, Sharon Richardson, Oklahoma
# 265:
9:40 am PDT, May 10, Name not displayed, Florida
# 264:
9:40 am PDT, May 10, Robin Brooks, California
# 263:
9:35 am PDT, May 10, Lillian Corti, Alaska
How come we can afford to wage endless war in Iraq, to bail out Bear Stearns, to subsidize rich farmers, but we cannot help the homeowners who were persuaded by irresponsible lenders to assume more debt than they could afford. The United States cannot afford these priorities and these policies.
# 262:
9:35 am PDT, May 10, Margaret Hartley, Washington
# 261:
9:35 am PDT, May 10, Karl Mueller, Minnesota
# 260:
9:35 am PDT, May 10, Terri Schirmer, Arizona
# 259:
9:34 am PDT, May 10, Lonnie Ward, West Virginia
# 258:
9:34 am PDT, May 10, William R Kavanagh, Illinois
# 257:
9:31 am PDT, May 10, Beverly Villinger, Montana
# 256:
9:29 am PDT, May 10, Lynne Lerner, California
# 255:
9:26 am PDT, May 10, Louann Steinwand, California
# 254:
9:25 am PDT, May 10, Petrice Thomason, Tennessee
# 253:
9:24 am PDT, May 10, Ingrid Pfoertsch, Maryland
# 252:
9:23 am PDT, May 10, John Brinkman, New York
# 251:
9:22 am PDT, May 10, Norvin Noteboom, California
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