Permanent Minority. Just weeks after passage of the credit card industry-written bankruptcy bill, Democratic Representative Paul Kanjorski is writing legislation with Republicans to allow predatory lenders to raise fees and avoid state usury laws.
Toward the Majority. Democratic Representatives Brad Miller, Barney Frank and Mel Watt have written an alternative to Kanjorski’s bill that would crack down on predatory lenders, helping Democrats make banks’ abuse of the middle class a major issue.
David SirotaDavid Sirota is a journalist, nationally syndicated weekly newspaper columnist, and radio host. His weekly column is based at The Denver Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Portland Oregonian, and The Seattle Times and now appears in newspapers with a combined daily circulation of more than 1.6 million readers. He has contributed to The New York Times Magazine and The Nation and hosts an award-winning daily talk show on Denver's Clear Channel affiliate, KKZN-AM760. He is a senior editor at In These Times magazine and a Huffington Post contributor and appears periodically on CNN, The Colbert Report, PBS, and NPR. He received a degree in journalism and political science from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. He lives in Denver with his wife, Emily, son Isaac, and his dog, Monty.