11.   Schumer documents Internet sites on which anti-abortion groups outlined their plans to use bankruptcy filings to erase their debts.

12.   Some lawmakers contend that declaring personal bankruptcy is now too easy, enabling too many Americans to erase debts they may actually be able to pay.

13.   Smith could erase his debt plus earn a fat, tax-free cash bonus by helping gamblers fix ASU games.

14.   The bill, which has been under debate in Congress for five years, would make it harder for people to erase their debts if they declare bankruptcy.

15.   The initial suit meant to have that debt erased.

16.   The pageant world, with its promise of scholarship money, represented a good way both to erase her debts and to promote her career as an entertainer.

17.   The Senate passed a bill that will make it harder for people to erase their debts in bankruptcy.

18.   The wage increase was attached to legislation pushed by banks, credit card companies and retailers to make it harder to use the bankruptcy laws to erase personal debt.

19.   They simply preferred to erase the debt completely, an option that is available under bankruptcy laws.

20.   Want to charge up a mound of credit-card bills and then file for bankruptcy to erase that debt?