Senate Committee Examines Credit Card Industry Marketing
Senate Banking Committee members criticized a number of credit card industry marketing and fee practices during an oversight hearing on May 17. Several members of the committee, including committee chair Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), expressed concern about very high default
Congressional Campaigning Leaves Tithing Trustee Fee and Judges Salary Increases Hanging
The House and Senate sprinted to recess for the Nov. 7 elections without completing action on several pending clarifications to bankruptcy law. Bills covering issues ranging from the treatment of tithing to an increase in chapter 7 trustee fees and reforms pertaining to
Senate Committee Urges More Cleanup of Credit Counseling
The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, following up on prior hearings and recommendations, has released a bipartisan report critical of credit counseling industry practices. The report also calls for a number of reforms. "Over the past several years, the
Congress Considers Katrina Impact
Congress moved quickly to enact legislation authorizing federal courts, including bankruptcy courts, to hold court sessions outside their usual places of business. The law is called the Federal Judiciary Emergency Special Sessions Act of 2005, Public Law 109-63. It