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Price has changes in staff
Submitted by bniolet on 2009-10-09 12:54Beau Mills, a veteran of state and local government, has gone to work as the new district director for 4th District Democratic Congressman David Price.
Mills replaces Rose Auman, who is retiring after nearly 12 years as Price's district director, Rob Christensen reports.
Mills is well known in government circles. He has worked as an advisor to former Gov. Jim Hunt, as the executive director of the N.C. Metropolitan Mayors Coalition and most recently as a partner at Fountainworks, a public policy and market research firm in Raleigh.
Price also announced the hiring of Andrew High to be his press secretary. High, a Durham native, has worked the past two years as a press aide to California Congresswoman Linda Sanchez.
He replaces Phil Feagan, who is now attending law school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Bankruptcy bill may get hearing
Submitted by bkrueger on 2007-10-15 09:42
The House Judiciary Committee plans to take up U.S. Rep. Brad Miller’s bankruptcy bill as soon as this week.
Miller, a Raleigh Democrat, and Democratic Rep. Linda Sanchez of California co-sponsored the legislation, which aims to keep about 600,000 homeowners from losing homes purchased under sub-prime lending rates, reports Barb Barrett.
Miller said in an interview he still is searching for Republican co-sponsors to make the bill as bipartisan as possible. His staff had heard there was “substantial support” for the bill in the GOP caucus, he said.In the Senate, Democrat Richard Durbin of Illinois and Republican Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania each have bankruptcy bills as well. Miller said Friday his House version is a good compromise between their ideas.
“I’m thinking of sliding my bill between them,” he said.
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Miller hopes to help homeowners
Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on 2007-09-27 09:00
U.S. Reps. Brad Miller of Raleigh and Linda Sanchez of California have submitted legislation they hope will curb home bankruptcies and protect borrowers with sub-prime home loans on their principal residences.
The bill would allow bankruptcy courts to modify the terms of a home loan, Barb Barrett reports.
It also would prevent lending companies from adding fees or other debts to a borrower while a bankruptcy case is pending in court, unless the borrower is given "timely notice" of the fee.
The bill, called the Emergency Home Ownership and Mortgage Equity Protection Act of 2007, will be the subject of a news conference by Miller on Thursday on Capitol Hill. Among the sponsors is Democratic Rep. Mel Watt of Charlotte.
