calawyer Posted October 20, 2003 Report Share Posted October 20, 2003 The Class Action "Fairness" bill may be coming up this week for a vote (perhaps as soon as Wednesday). Briefly, this bill is a real crock that is backed by insurance companies and others in corporate America. The bill would require most class actions to be decided in Federal Court rather than state courts. It would also give defendants two appeals in every case instead of one (but plaintiffs would get only one appeal). If this bill passes, there is no question that consumer rights would seriously be jeopardized.Although this bill is plainly unfair, over 500 lobbyists have been hired to convince senators to support it. Senators Feinstein (CA), Lieberman (CT), Dodd (CT), Byrd (WV), Bayh (IN), Landrieu (LA), Reed (RI), Nelson (FL) are all said to be on the fence.Here is a site you can go to and send a fax to your senators. If you are from one of the above states, it is very important that you are heard. Even if you are not from one of these states, it would help to have a groundswell of support. Only takes two minutes but it could make a real difference.http://www.citizen.org/fax/background.cfm?ID=235&source=31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativechild48 Posted October 20, 2003 Report Share Posted October 20, 2003 It's done Sent to Lieberman and Dodd in Ct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retmar Posted October 20, 2003 Report Share Posted October 20, 2003 Done. Sent to Boxer and Feinstein. Will forward to any I can think of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swede Posted October 20, 2003 Report Share Posted October 20, 2003 Will put this up as a sticky until it's done- thanks for the heads up!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calawyer Posted October 21, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2003 Thanks to both of you. It would really be democracy at work if we could defeat this bill despite the big bucks the lobbyists are shelling out. Tell all your friends! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucig284 Posted October 21, 2003 Report Share Posted October 21, 2003 Done sent by me and then by DH to (D) Bob Graham (D) Bill Nelson, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativechild48 Posted October 21, 2003 Report Share Posted October 21, 2003 Sent "all" an e-mail and hope everyone does the same. Hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwalkerX Posted October 21, 2003 Report Share Posted October 21, 2003 My message was sent to Lieberman about this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kb9tbq Posted October 21, 2003 Report Share Posted October 21, 2003 Done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calawyer Posted October 21, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2003 Thanks to all of you. Only one more day left. Let's make this the busiest thread on the forum today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admin Posted October 21, 2003 Report Share Posted October 21, 2003 Apparently, I already submitted a fax on this bill, it wouldn't let me do it twice.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vonniegirl Posted October 21, 2003 Report Share Posted October 21, 2003 Done! Sent to Mary Landrieu and John Breaux Thanks for the opportunity to participate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kb9tbq Posted October 21, 2003 Report Share Posted October 21, 2003 This was my second time, and it let my request go right through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calawyer Posted October 22, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2003 I am very happy to report that the Senate has just rejected a motion to proceed on the class action bill. This means that the bill will not go to the Senate floor for debate or passage. I have heard that the motion was rejected by a single vote!Much thanks to all of you who wrote your senators asking them to vote against this horrible bill. You have done yourselves and all consumers a huge favor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admin Posted October 22, 2003 Report Share Posted October 22, 2003 I just heard about the filibuster on NPR! You beat me to posting the good news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retmar Posted October 24, 2003 Report Share Posted October 24, 2003 Picture me doing a "JIG" around my cane. That is great news. Glad we were able to participate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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