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Article: LAUREL WALKER; IN MY OPINION Loan horror leads to White House visit
- Article from:
- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- October 17, 2009
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Politicians often talk about getting "a seat at the table," one
way of saying who's in on the discussion, maybe exerting some
influence.
Patricia Nelson, as down-to-earth as a soft-spoken, 63-year-old
Waukesha great grandmother could be, really did get a seat at the
table.
The president's table, no less.
Nelson sat directly across from President Barack Obama last week,
at a long table in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, where she
and four other Americans described how they fell prey to predatory
financial practices.
Granted, Nelson didn't have to convince the president of
anything. He's already on her side.
President Obama was about to announce some regulatory reform and
ask Congress ...