A study of mortgage foreclosures in Monroe County, PA, could provide some clues regarding some of the contents of soon-to-be-introduced bipartisan legislation that would establish national anti-predatory lending legislation. A task force created by Gov. Edward Rendell, D, conducted the study, focusing on rising foreclosure trends from 2000 through 2003. The purpose of the study is to provide data that would be the basis for policy decisions that would reverse the foreclosure rate in…