The surprisingly quick passage of class-action reform legislation by Congress has supporters of bankruptcy reform expecting legislation to finally be enacted in 2005, after years of stalled efforts. S. 256, the “Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act” mirrors legislation agreed to by House and Senate conferees back in 2002. Senate Republicans will try to keep S. 256 clean of amendments that might drag down and eventually kill it, industry sources say. That was the…