My message to both of my Senators, Jim Webb and Mark Warner regarding their obstruction - along with the Party of I'm-Taking-My-Ball-And-Going-Home - of SAFRA, the Student Aid and Financial Reform Act:
Senator, as a constituent and a (perhaps erstwhile) supporter, my question to you is quite simple: when are you going to stop being the senior Senator from Sallie Mae and start representing the people of Virginia. I should not have to expect, much less demand, that you support the current Congressional effort to reform the federal student loan origination system to cut out the extraneous middlemen and save taxpayers an estimated $80 billion over ten years. I refer, of course, to SAFRA - the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act - the bill on which you have joined cause with the GOP obstructionists to undermine and to ultimately champion the cause of special interests over what is obviously best for the country and for Virginia. I would like to be able to vote for you again in 2012, Senator, so please do not make the mistake of some of your colleagues and take for granted the support of democratic voters.
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