picture-26The Helping Families Save Their Homes Act passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday by a vote of 234-191, mostly by a partisan vote. Minnesota Reps. Michele Bachmann, Erik Paulsen and John Kline, all Republicans, voted against the measure, while Reps. Collin Peterson, James Oberstar, Tim Walz, Keith Ellison and Betty McCollum, all Democrats, voted for the bill. The bill passed, but not before Bachmann had her say.

The bill would allow bankruptcy judges to alter terms of mortgages for families that have filed for bankruptcy and face foreclosure. Bachmann spoke on the House floor: “This is beyond belief. It reminds me of that television show ‘Deal or no Deal’… It seems we are now in the business of turning normal Americans into crooks… These are graveyard economics.”