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Re:U.S. Consumer Bureau Loses Fight to Allow More Class-Acti... by Chathamization on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @11:19AM (#15550833)
> So surely you're just as angry about the Democrats deregulating the telecoms in 1996 and allowing companies to own entire vertical chains.

Looks like that was a bi-partisan effort, but with more Democrats opposing it than Republicans. Senators who voted for the act: 51 Republicans, 30 Democrats. Senators opposed: 2 Republicans, 16 Democrats (one Republican senator didn't vote).[1]

House members who voted for the act: 236 Republicans, 178 Democrats. House members opposed: 0 Republicans, 15 Democrats (four Democratic house members didn't vote).[2]

[1] https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/104-1995/s268 [2] https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/104-1996/h25

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Re:U.S. Consumer Bureau Loses Fight to Allow More Class-Acti... by katastic on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @11:29AM (#15550915)
178 House democrats vote for it and you're acting like they opposed it? While Bill Clinton signed it into law?
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Re:U.S. Consumer Bureau Loses Fight to Allow More Class-Acti... by katastic on Friday October 27, 2017 @03:38PM (#15571549)
HK: When logic and facts fail and you completely lose an argument, use the downvote button.
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