Durbin On Congress: The Banks "Own The Place"

[babsbunny]

http://progressillinois.com/2009/4/29/durbin-banks-own-the-place

by Adam Doster on April 29, 2009 - 2:00pm

So far this session, Sen. Dick Durbin has stood behind consumers like no other public official in Washington. He has served as the Senate Democrats' de facto point man on student aid reform, mortgage bankruptcy reform, usury reform, financial product safety, and consumer credit abuse. And around every corner, he's been met with resistance by banking industry lobbyists. In an interview with WJJG's Ray Hanania on Monday, the senior senator from Illinois stated outright that the banks "own" Capitol Hill. Listen (full audio here):

[valerief]

1. Ed brought it up with him on his show. Sure would be nice to see names. nt

[Skidmore]

2. Two words....

Feet and fire. Time to start toasting toes, even if they are on Dem feet.

[LakeSamish706]

9. I think that we are going to find a whole lot of this as well... Don't know names, but...

I suspect that there are a number of Dems. that are owned by the lobbyists.

[DebbieCDC]

3. That's no lie.

Durbin's right on with that statement.

[LakeSamish706]

4. Isn't that just peachy... Now how is President Obama going to break this ownership? n/t

[Skidmore]

5. We help him.

Are you willing to start calling Congress on "business as usual." To let them know that you are paying attention and will out corruption when you see it?

[LakeSamish706]

7. What we need is to know more about this; ie: names of those that are truly owned....

And that will give us the ability to help them with this, and yes at that point I would be more than happy to use my phone, pc, or however else I can help.

[bvar22]

11. You can start with Geithner and Summers.

!

[bvar22]

10. First Step for Obama to break this ownership:

Clean out the Wall Street Execs from his White House.

[blueclown]

6. It wouldn't hurt for Durbin to learn a few things from Joseph McCarthy...

Name names, Dick!

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. Earth to Durbin, we peasants know

part of the problem

Not you, but in general

[SOS]

12. Wall Street pays off and then gets what they demand, at our expense?

Shocking!

[Skip Intro]

13. Maxine Waters said the same thing last month:

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She said the banking industry still has a stranglehold on Congress. "These guys rule this place," Waters said.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Democrats-reach-deal-on-apf-14539706.html
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