before the owner filed a bankruptcy petition. It also would require courts to show that the owner of such a trust had the intent of defrauding creditors and employees. [Vote 42, 3/10/05] XXXX Voted to Place Restraints on Bankruptcy Courts. In March 2005, XXXX voted against an amendment that would strike language in the underlying amendment that would require bankruptcy courts to show that the owner of an asset protection trust had the intent of defrauding creditors and employees. The Talent amendment would allow bankruptcy courts to access assets in such trusts up to 10 years before the owner filed a bankruptcy petition. [Vote 41, 3/10/05] XXXX Voted to Toughen Bankruptcy Laws on Disabled Workers. In March 2005, XXXX voted against an amendment that would change the bill’s definition of current monthly income to specify that the definition excludes income from a debtor’s former job and income from any activity the debtor can no longer engage in due to disability. [Vote 37, 3/10/05] XXXX Voted to Toughen Bankruptcy Laws on Single Parents. In March 2005, XXXX voted against an amendment that would exempt debtors from the means test if they failed to receive alimony or child support in any consecutive 12-month period in the two years before filing a bankruptcy petition and the amount exceeded 35 percent of the debtor’s household income. [Vote 36, 3/10/05] XXXX Voted Against Ensuring that Debtors had Enough Money to Provide for their Children. In March 2005, XXXX voted against an amendment to the Bankruptcy reform bill that would have ensured that debtors would have had the resources to provide for their family while in bankruptcy. The amendment would have altered the means test to provide greater flexibility when calculating a debtor’s ability to pay, and broaden allowable monthly expenses to ensure that parents had the resources to support their children throughout bankruptcy. It also would have allowed debtors to keep personal property found in or around the home, excluding cars, and ensure that support payments and tax refunds not become the property of the bankruptcy estate. [Vote 34, 3/9/05] XXXX Voted to Toughen Bankruptcy Laws on Teenagers. In March 2005, XXXX voted against an amendment that would not allow creditors to file a bankruptcy claim if the claim is based on the extension of credit to individuals age 21 or younger who, at the time the credit was extended, did not have a parental or spousal co-signer, had an income level below the poverty line and already had six or more unsecured credit cards. [Vote 33, 3/9/05] XXXX Voted Against Exempting Low Income Workers from Means Test in Bankruptcy Bill. In March 2005 XXXX voted against an amendment that would have exempted low income workers from the means test in the Bankruptcy Reform Bill. The amendment would have exempted any workers who made below the median income. [Vote 31, 3/9/05] XXXX Voted for Cloture on Bankruptcy Bill, that Made it More Difficult for Debtors to Seek Relief. In March 2005, XXXX voted to end debate on the Bankruptcy Reform Bill. The bill made it easier for a bankruptcy court to move debtors from Chapter 7 of the bankruptcy code, which allowed most debts to be discharged, to Chapter 13, which required a reorganization of debts under a repayment. [Vote 29, 3/8/05] XXXX Voted to Protect Violent Protesters Including Abortion Protestors from Liability by Allowing Them to Declare Bankruptcy. In March 2005, XXXX voted against an amendment to the Bankruptcy Overhaul bill that would have prohibited violent protesters, such as anti-abortion activists, from escaping court-ordered fines or judgments by filing for bankruptcy protection. It would have barred such debtors from discharging debts, such as damages, court fines, penalties, citations or attorney fees, incurred from acts of violence or potential acts of violence. [Vote 28, 3/8/05] XXXX Voted Against Punishing Corporate Fraud in Bankruptcy Court. In March 2005, XXXX voted against an amendment to the Bankruptcy Overhaul bill that would have punished perpetrators of corporate fraud in bankruptcy court. The amendment would have increased the period of time during which a bankruptcy court could recapture assets of corporate executives who mad fraudulent transfers from one to four years. It also gave employees and retirees a priority unsecured claim in bankruptcy court for the value of company stock held for their 18