PlainBillCongress, translated.Legislation. Context. Public interest.Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S14408; text as passed Senate: CR S14408; text of measure as introduced: CR S14337)
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Version 82 · Passed Senate without amendment · Dec 22, 2005
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Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) Congress should act early in the second session of the 109th Congress to consider legislation to provide relief to homeowners in the Gulf Coast; and (2) commercial banks, mortgage banks, credit unions, and other mortgage lenders should extend mortgage payment forbearance to March 31, 2006, in order to allow Congress the time to consider such legislation.
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Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] · D–LA
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Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S14408; text as passed Senate: CR S14408; text of measure as introduced: CR S14337)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S14408; text as passed Senate: CR S14408; text of measure as introduced: CR S14337)
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