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To: Ahda who wrote (65723)	3/14/2001 10:23:44 PM
From: d:oug	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116836

Darleen, Subj: Drowning in Debt - (Tonight's Nightline) Date: 3/14/01 From: listeditor@abcnews.go.com (Nightline) If your mailbox is like mine, hardly a day goes by when there aren't at least several solicitations from credit card companies... ... it doesn't take much to get the plastic. It's quite another to get untangled from the debt you can easily accrue if you're not disciplined. America is awash in debt. Credit cards are a big part of that. Americans charged a trillion dollars last year... Congress is poised to pass legislation to make it tougher for people to erase debts in bankruptcy court... Whatever passes the Senate over the next few days will be the most sweeping overhaul of bankruptcy laws in 20 years. Critics say the legislation emerged because of hard lobbying by the credit card companies and banks, which donated millions of dollars to members of Congress and contributed generously to President Bush's campaign... ... balance transfers for a shiny new credit card. Richard Harris Senior Producer "Nightline" Office Washington, D.C.