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  <title>Open Congress : Blog Articles for S.1561 A bill to amend title 11, United States Code, with respect to exceptions to discharge in bankruptcy for certain qualified educational loans.</title>
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  <updated>2008-10-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Das historische Urteil #19: Leichenbestatter irritieren Patienten</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-30:/commentary/3151025</id>
    <updated>2008-10-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
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&#226;&#8364;&#339;Deshalb ist der Umstand, von einem Krankenpfleger versorgt zu werden, der sich nebenberuflich als Leichenbestatter bet&#195;&#164;tigt, dazu geeignet, bei Patienten Irritationen hervorzurufen.&#226;&#8364;* (Bundesarbeitsgericht in DB 2002, S. 1561)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rechthaber.com/das-historische-urteil-17-der-irritierte-patient/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Fight for Students' Rights</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-30:/commentary/3151024</id>
    <updated>2008-10-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Michigan Mind </name>
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Bill [S.1561] This bill would allow for some private student loans to be dismissed in bankruptcy. Fight for your rights as a student. Go here for the latest information on the bill: Bill Information Write you Senator Here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://michiganmind.blogspot.com/2008/10/fight-for-students-rights.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>8fdd94e4f958bfdee032bb6c9a006ced</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-29:/commentary/2770891</id>
    <updated>2008-08-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A Senate bill (S.1561) sponsored by Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) that proposes six inch speaker - 6 inch gate hinge - 6 inch dick big - dick nepner inch color tv! 19:44 Places to Visit: &amp;quot;Tognora&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Me&#197;&#376;elik&amp;quot;, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.netlog.com/qvupejxmfylakt29/blog/blogid=2323895&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>New York - A Loan and Afraid - Press Clips - Village Voice</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-27:/commentary/3823085</id>
    <updated>2008-07-27T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Another bill, S. 1561, would eliminate privately financed student loans from those that are nondischargeable in bankruptcy. The purpose of the bill would be to restore the law to its status before the passage of the Bankruptcy Abuse ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.villagevoice.com/pressclips/archives/2007/08/a_loan_and_afra.php&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>My story and how to bankrupt some of your loans</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-24:/commentary/2545559</id>
    <updated>2008-07-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Sen. Durbin&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s bill, S.1561, not only rolls back BAPCPA, but also strikes the prior language which extends an exception to discharge to loans &#226;&#8364;&#339;made under any program funded in whole or in part by a &#226;&#8364;&#166; nonprofit institution&#226;&#8364;*.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=547152&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Student Loan Bills (A problem obscured by the mortgage mess ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-05:/commentary/3409517</id>
    <updated>2008-03-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Of the three relevant bills currently pending, only one, S. 1561 (&#226;&#8364;*A bill to Amend Title 11, United States Code, with respect to exceptions to discharge in bankruptcy for certain qualified educations loans&#195;&#162;&#226;&#8218;&#172; ) provides any meaningful ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.govtrack.us/blog/2008/03/06/student-loan-bills-a-problem-obscured-by-the-mortgage-mess/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>What the Foreclosure Mess Tells Us About Private Student Loan ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-23:/commentary/1723176</id>
    <updated>2008-02-23T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>The Bankruptcy Lawyers </name>
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A Senate bill (S.1561) sponsored by Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) that proposes making the private loans dischargeable is still in committee. (For a discussion of the legislation see here.) The argument against dischargeability that private ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://thebankruptcylawyers.net/2008/02/23/what-the-foreclosure-mess-tells-us-about-private-student-loan-dischargeability/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>What the Foreclosure Mess Tells Us About Private Student Loan ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-23:/commentary/1657108</id>
    <updated>2008-02-23T00:00:00Z</updated>
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The House passed an education bill, but without a proposed amendment that would have made private student loans dischargeable in bankruptcy, as they were before October 2005, was voted down. A Senate bill (S.1561) sponsored by Dick ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1119148&amp;amp;type=post&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>What the Foreclosure Mess Tells Us About Private Student Loan ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-23:/commentary/1671985</id>
    <updated>2008-02-23T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Credit Slips </name>
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A Senate bill (S.1561) sponsored by Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) that proposes making the private loans dischargeable is still in committee. (For a discussion of the legislation see here.) The argument against dischargeability that private ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.creditslips.org/creditslips/2008/02/what-the-forecl.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Student Loans in Bankruptcy: Open CRS Network - CRS Reports for ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-19:/commentary/3459329</id>
    <updated>2008-01-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Another bill, S. 1561, would eliminate privately financed student loans from those that are nondischargeable in bankruptcy. The purpose of the bill would be to restore the law to its status before the passage of the Bankruptcy Abuse ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://opencrs.com/document/RS22699/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>The Narrow Bridge: College Won't Be Getting Cheaper</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-09-25:/commentary/3409518</id>
    <updated>2007-09-25T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>The Narrow Bridge </name>
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This particular link concerns S.1561, a bill to amend bankruptcy law to accommodate discharging student loans in bankruptcy. 6:20 AM &#183; Post a Comment &#183; Newer Post Older Post Home. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://anyakamenetz.blogspot.com/2007/09/college-wont-be-getting-cheaper.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>News from the Congressional Front - Part I: Pending Bankruptcy ...</title>
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    <updated>2007-08-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
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S.1561 -- responding in part to the student loan scandals, to limit the discharge exception for student loans only to those made, insured, guaranteed by a governmental unit. Introduced June 7, 2007 by Illinois Senator Dick Durbin. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/archives/legislative-news-news-from-the-congressional-front-part-i-pending-bankruptcy-legislation-of-interest-to-you.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Student Loans in Bankruptcy</title>
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    <updated>2007-07-25T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Another bill, S. 1561, would eliminate privately financed student loans from those that are nondischargeable in bankruptcy. The purpose of the bill would be to restore the law to its status before the passage of the Bankruptcy Abuse ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://opencrs.cdt.org/document/RS22699&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Sallie Mae's Plan of Attack | The New America Foundation</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-07-10:/commentary/3409512</id>
    <updated>2007-07-10T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Tell them they need to support this bill. S.1561. I have over $100000 in private student loans and I cannot afford to pay them. I WANT to pay, but they keep telling me my only option is to pay the minimum payment or else I will default. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newamerica.net/blogs/education_policy/2007/07/sallie_maes_plan_attack&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Student Loan Scandal and its Silver Lining</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-23:/commentary/844667</id>
    <updated>2007-06-23T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Now, we have student loan scandals making headlines around the country, and Senator Biden has responded by filing S. 1561. I haven&#8217;t gotten my hands on a copy of the full text yet, but I understand that it limits the bankruptcy ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://home-loan.coloradomortgageblog.info/24154/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Senator Durbin has just introduced a bill [S. 1561] that would ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-12:/commentary/803894</id>
    <updated>2007-06-12T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Senator Durbin has just introduced a bill [S. 1561] that would allow for the dischargeability of private student loans in bankruptcy. This would, in one small way, reverse the trend of the 2005 bankruptcy amendments, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.whereistand.com/25489/Edit&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Student Loan Scandal and its Silver Lining</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-11:/commentary/803892</id>
    <updated>2007-06-11T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Now, we have student loan scandals making headlines around the country, and Senator Biden has responded by filing S. 1561. I haven&#8217;t gotten my hands on a copy of the full text yet, but I understand that it limits the bankruptcy ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://dowlinglawoffice.wordpress.com/2007/06/11/student-loan-scandal-and-its-silver-lining/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Rolling Back the 2005 Law on Student Loans</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-11:/commentary/803891</id>
    <updated>2007-06-11T00:00:00Z</updated>
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He has introduced S. 1561. Under Senator Durbin&amp;#39;s legislation, only student loans &amp;quot;made, insured, or guaranteed&amp;quot; by a governmental unit would be nondischargeable in bankruptcy (absent a finding of undue hardship). ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.creditslips.org/creditslips/2007/06/rolling_back_th.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>WashingtonWatch.com - S. 1561, A bill to amend title 11, United ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-09:/commentary/3409513</id>
    <updated>2007-06-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
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US Congress: S. 1561, A bill to amend title 11, United States Code, with respect to exceptions to discharge in bankruptcy for certain qualified educational loans.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/200505893.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Action: Introduced: S. 1561: A bill to amend title 11, United ...</title>
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    <updated>2007-06-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Richard Durbin [D-IL] introduced S. 1561: A bill to amend title 11, United States Code, with respect to exceptions to discharge in bankruptcy for certain qualified educational loans. [This event matched these monitors: Active ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s110-1561&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>S. 1561, A bill to amend title 11, United States Code, with ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-06:/commentary/803889</id>
    <updated>2007-06-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
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S. 1561 would amend title 11, United States Code, with respect to exceptions to discharge in bankruptcy for certain qualified educational loans....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_1561.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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