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		<title>History of BAPCPA: Special Interest Legislation at Its Worst</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:07:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BAPCPA (Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention And Consumer Protection Act Of 2005) has been characterized as among the best (or worst depending on point of view) examples of special interest federal legislation ever passed by Congress. The act’s history is important: Under pressure from creditor lobbying efforts, Congress and the Clinton administration in 1994 funded a bi-partisan [...]
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		<title>Debtor Audits Stopped (for Now)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 08:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Trustee has stopped auditing debtors in bankruptcy cases. The Executive Office of the U.S. Trustee says Congress did not fund the budget for the audits in the 2008 appropriations bill. Alternate funding is being sought so the audits can resume, the EOUST reports. This is good news for debtors whose advocates testified at [...]
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