Changes Coming to Bankruptcy Law?
Homeowner Rescue Bill Passes House - washingtonpost.com
It needs to pass the Senate, possibly a conference committee and then off to the President for signing before it becomes law. I expect it to pass.
If memory serves this was the law until a Supreme Court decision early in the Nineties (or late Eighties).
The bankers sound outraged - almost as outraged as those paying for their bailout.
The bill, a package of housing-related initiatives, passed 234 to 191, largely along party lines. It now heads to the Senate, where it will face a tougher fight but has the backing of some powerful members.
Under the legislation, bankruptcy judges could cut the principal on a homeowner's mortgage as well as reduce the interest rate and extend the terms -- provisions known as cramdowns.
It needs to pass the Senate, possibly a conference committee and then off to the President for signing before it becomes law. I expect it to pass.
If memory serves this was the law until a Supreme Court decision early in the Nineties (or late Eighties).
The bankers sound outraged - almost as outraged as those paying for their bailout.
