THE SENATORS FROM MBNA: Both of "our" Senators, DeWine (up for re-election next year) and Voinovich (not until 2010), joined a solid GOP front to turn back all amendments and pass the credit card industry's "bankruptcy reform" bill. Check here, here, here, here, and here on why this was such a horrible thing to do -- especially for two guys representing Ohio.
So why did they do it? Here are the top 1999-2004 corporate campaign money sources for DeWine and for Voinovich. Look where credit-card giant MBNA ranks on their charts, especially DeWine's. And then, of course, there's National City, and KeyCorp, and American Financial...
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