Report: Durbin wants cramdown measure in financial bill 
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: May 10, 2010
Tags: bankruptcy judges, cramdown, judicial modification
WASHINGTON – Six months after a bill that would have allowed bankruptcy judges to rewrite the terms of mortgage contracts to help homeowners avoid foreclosure failed in Congress, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., is considering an amendment to the financial regulatory reform bill that would have a similar effect, according to a Huffington Post report.
Bill to boost number of bankruptcy judges advances
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: January 28, 2010
Tags: bankruptcy judges, Congress
WASHINGTON – A bill that would increase the number of federal bankruptcy judges to handle the recent surge of personal and corporate bankruptcies has advanced in the House.
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