claim: "we knew strom thurmond had proposed" the amendment that blocked puerto rico’s use of chapter 9 bankruptcy protection.
author: john oliver
evidence_1: jul 6, 2015 ... utilities, to seek federal bankruptcy relief under chapter 9 of the ... prohibition  now codified at § 903(1) has applied to puerto rico ... amendment suggest, that  puerto rico is outside the reach of ... we use "franklin plaintiffs" to denote the  plaintiffs who ..... place on a proposed bailout," gillette, 79 u. chi.
evidence_2: "we knew strom thurmond had proposed" the amendment that blocked puerto  rico's use of chapter 9 bankruptcy protection. — punditfact on wednesday ...
evidence_3: oct 9, 2017 ... chapter 9 of the bankruptcy code for the commonwealth, as well as an  alternative path ... washington.6 the elected government of puerto rico had no  right to ... while the issue was not before the supreme court in franklin, we .....  comment or explanation, congress, led by senator strom thurmond of.
evidence_4: "we knew strom thurmond had proposed" the amendment that blocked puerto  rico's use of chapter 9 bankruptcy protection. — punditfact on wednesday ...
evidence_5: i. question presented. whether chapter 9 of the federal bankruptcy code,  which does not apply to puerto rico, nonetheless preempts a puerto rico ...