Guilty As Charged

DLCers in Congress have claimed for years they really aren't corporate shills, but now we have proof in this press release from the New Democrat Coalition - the DLC's congressional arm:

Washington, D.C.--With consumer debt reaching record highs of more than $2 trillion, members of the New Democrat Coalition (NDC) sent a letter today to Speaker Dennis Hastert, urging him to schedule House action on the bankruptcy reform legislation as soon as the Senate completes its consideration of the bill. The letter, signed by twenty NDC members, including the four NDC leaders, reiterates New Democrats' long-standing support for common-sense bankruptcy legislation and states an intention to work across the aisle to pass bankruptcy reform into law.

"I'm pleased to see so many New Democrats band together in calling for a mainstream solution to bankruptcy reform. I hope Speaker Hastert will heed our calls and move promptly to bring this legislation to the floor soon," said Rep. Ellen O. Tauscher.

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Look no further for why Democrats are in the minority. When you sell out America's working class over and over again as the DLC/New Dems do, this is where you end up.

NOTE: In my last post, I should have added Noam Scheiber to the list of TNR writers who manages to keep it real over there.