Tom Coburn of Oklahoma is one of the elected officials looking out for the American people.
While the Senate was drafting a bill to help protect the public from Credit Card predatory practices, he though it would be appropriate (and I am guessing, would agree to vote for the bill) if the bill also contained and amendment "To protect innocent Americans from violent crime in national parks and refuges." In other words to allow people to carry firearms in our national parks. That amendment is S.Amdt. 1067 attached to S.Amdt. 1058 and to H.R. 627 (Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights Act of 2009)
I am not sure what carrying firearms in a National Park has to do with protecting Credit Card holders from paying 30% interest rates, but I am glad there are smarter people than I in the Senate to figure these things out, because as you can see from the statistics below our National Parks are a haven for violent criminals.
You can read about the votes here.
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=1&vote=00188
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