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White House shelves Bush campaign to curb lawsuits
AP via SFGate ^
| 5/20/9
Posted on 05/20/2009 3:54:39 PM PDT by SmithL
WASHINGTON, (AP) -- The Obama White House is reversing a Bush administration initiative that used federal health and safety regulations to limit the ability of injured consumers to sue companies in state courts.
...Trial lawyers who file class-action lawsuits on behalf of millions of consumers praised Obama's action.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
TOPICS: Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: attacklawyers; bds; bho44; lawsuits; second100days; triallawyers; yourtaxdollarsatwork
Elections have consequences.
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posted on
05/20/2009 3:54:40 PM PDT
by
SmithL
To: SmithL
Yep. Here’s some work for the defense lawyers.
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posted on
05/20/2009 3:56:21 PM PDT
by
GOP_Lady
To: SmithL
Trial lawyers are helped by Obi? they didn’t back him in the elections did they? I mean, no more than the UAW...
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posted on
05/20/2009 3:56:27 PM PDT
by
jessduntno
(July 4th, 2009. Washington DC. Gadsden Flags. Be There.)
To: SmithL
That will surely hold down the price of health care.
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posted on
05/20/2009 3:57:06 PM PDT
by
Joiseydude
(Kate Smith - God Bless America http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCavKL2zdjM GREAT visual interpretatio)
To: Joiseydude
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posted on
05/20/2009 4:00:27 PM PDT
by
Steve Van Doorn
(*in my best Eric cartman voice* 'I love you guys')
To: SmithL
Waiting for the Bush haters who show up. Can’t wait to see how they turn this into another anti-Bush thread.
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posted on
05/20/2009 4:03:04 PM PDT
by
Deb
(Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
To: SmithL
A big fat election payoff for trial lawyers.
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posted on
05/20/2009 4:03:24 PM PDT
by
vox_freedom
(If there were no God, there would be no Atheists. - G. K. Chesterton)
To: SmithL
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posted on
05/20/2009 4:05:19 PM PDT
by
libertarian27
(Ingsoc: Life, Liberty and the Department of Happiness)
To: GOP_Lady
I did poll watching yesterday for a lawyer running for district magistrate judge and I learned there are many lawyers out of work.
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posted on
05/20/2009 4:05:21 PM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
To: SmithL
They sure do.
...And speaking of Trial Lawyers, Fox News had a segment on this morning talking about how much frivolous lawsuits are costing health care providers, and how the MSM isn't reporting it. Big surprise, huh?
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posted on
05/20/2009 4:05:58 PM PDT
by
T Lady
(The MSM: Pravda West)
To: SmithL
Consequences indeed. What a surprise, the lawyers party shelves this.
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posted on
05/20/2009 4:06:20 PM PDT
by
gidget7
(Duncan Hunter-Valley Forge Republican!)
To: SmithL
Trial lawyers just got a 7,000,000% return on the campaign investment.
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posted on
05/20/2009 4:10:25 PM PDT
by
Oldeconomybuyer
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
To: knarf
Yes, there are, including some who were at the firm where I work, and secretaries and staff as well.
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posted on
05/20/2009 4:20:06 PM PDT
by
GOP_Lady
To: SmithL
All of Obama’s policies include self-destruct mechanisms. Taxpayers are bailing out auto makers who are then burdened with commercially nonviable CAFE requirements. He designates Afghanistan as the primary theater of war then releases top-secret “torture” memos and almost releases thousands of “detainee abuse” photos. Obama claims to want to reduce the cost of health care, so he opens the gate to millions of lawsuits bound to drive up insurance rates.
The boy is either an idiot or a saboteur.
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posted on
05/20/2009 4:22:29 PM PDT
by
Brad from Tennessee
(A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
To: GOP_Lady
It was news to me.
What should we make of that?
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posted on
05/20/2009 5:03:27 PM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
To: knarf
Nothing more than in any other industry.
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posted on
05/20/2009 5:28:48 PM PDT
by
GOP_Lady
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