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Washington, D.C.: Consumer Advocates to Fed - Stop Evasions by Credit Card Companies 11/20/2009

Advocates from national consumer groups today will urge the Federal Reserve Board to close loopholes in its proposed rules to prohibit credit card companies from using new tricks and traps to get around the protections of the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosures Act (Credit CARD Act).

Consumer Protection News

Washington, D.C.: Consumer Advocates to Fed - Stop Evasions by Credit Card Companies	11/20/2009
Washington, D.C.: New Report - Parents Beware - Many Toys Still Toxic, Hazardous	11/19/2009
Wisconsin: Senate Hearing on WI Bill to Remove Toxic Bisphenol-A from Baby Bottles	11/10/2009
Illinois: Screening Finds Illinois Toys Fail to Comply with Lead, Phthalate Limits	10/29/2009
California: Governor Holds Signing Ceremony For Package of Mortgage Reform Bills	10/19/2009

Reforming Health Care News

Washington, D.C.: Senator Harry Reid’s Health Care Bill Offers Serious Solutions	11/19/2009
Washington, D.C.: New report - One-Third of Young Adults Lack Health Care	11/18/2009
Washington, D.C.: U.S. PIRG Praises House for Passage of the Affordable Health Care for America Act	11/07/2009
Washington, D.C.: 130 Small Business Owners on Capitol Hill, White House to Ask for Health Reform	11/02/2009
Washington, D.C.: Consumer Group Praises Final House Health Care Bill	10/29/2009

Financial Security News

Washington, D.C.: U.S. PIRG Applauds Passage of Amendment to Audit the Federal Reserve	11/20/2009
Washington, D.C.: House Financial Services Committee Should Open Up the Fed	11/18/2009
Washington, D.C.: New Bank Overdraft Fee Rules - “Not Good Enough, so Congress Still Needs to Act"	11/12/2009
Washington, D.C: Senate Banking Chairman Chris Dodd Proposes Comprehensive Financial Reform Legislation	11/10/2009
Washington, D.C.: House Financial Services Committee Approves Creation of Consumer Financial Protection Agency	10/22/2009

Elections & Government Reform News

Washington, D.C.: Ethics Committee Must Launch Investigations or Release OCE Fact Finding Reports by Week’s End	10/27/2009
U.S. PIRG-Supported Fair Elections Now Act Hits Critical Milestone	10/09/2009
Washington, D.C.: Reform Groups Stand by the Office of Congressional Ethics	10/02/2009
Washington, D.C.: Modernizing Voter Registration Systems to Increase the Youth Vote	7/21/2009
Oregon: Legislature Approves Google Government Bill	6/29/2009

Toxics & Public Health News

Washington, D.C.: U.S. House Passes Chemical Security Legislation	11/06/2009
Washington, D.C.: Chemical Security Legislation Advances in House	10/21/2009
Washington, D.C.: Chemical Security Legislation Clears Key House Subcommittee	10/14/2009
Washington, D.C.:House Energy and Environment Subcommittee Reviews Chemical Security Legislation	10/01/2009
Washington, D.C.: Obama Administration Calls for Overhaul of U.S. Toxic Chemical Law	9/30/2009

Tax & Budget News

New York: NY, NJ Officials Reject Chicago’s Model of Privatizing Public Assets	11/18/2009
Washington, D.C.: Proposed Foreign Account Tax Law – A Step in the Right Direction but More is Needed	11/05/2009
Washington, D.C.: New Report - Corporations Slow the “Pace” of Tax Reform	10/29/2009
Washington, D.C.: New Tax Reform Legislation is a Good First Step Toward Ending Bank Secrecy That Hurts Taxpayers	10/27/2009
Illinois: Chicago Budget Proposal Borrows from Future Generations	10/22/2009

Transportation Solutions News

New York: NY, NJ Officials Reject Chicago’s Model of Privatizing Public Assets	11/18/2009
Washington, D.C.: New Report Highlights the Effect of Campaign Giving on Transportation Policy	11/09/2009
Washington, D.C.: Four Billion or Bust: National Campaign Launches for High Speed Rail Funding	10/14/2009
Texas: TexPIRG Calls on NEW Sunset Advisory Appointees to Protect the Public Interest - Sunset Advisory Commission Must Reform TDI and TxDOT	10/09/2009
Illinois: Chicago Aldermen Introduce Privatization Reform	10/07/2009

Affordable Higher Education News

Washington, D.C.: Fifty National Organizations Ask Senate for Strong Student Aid Legislation	11/10/2009
California: New Report Finds that Community College Students Work Too Many Hours at the Expense of Academic Success	10/20/2009
Washington, D.C.: U.S PIRG Applauds House Passage of Student Aid Bill	9/17/2009
Washington, D.C.: U.S. PIRG Works with House Leaders Pelosi and Miller To Fight Student Loan Debt	9/15/2009
Washington, D.C.: U.S. PIRG Decries Increasing Student Loan Default Rates	9/14/2009

Media & Internet Reform News

Washington, D.C.: Amendment Would Thwart FCC's Proposed Rules for an Open Internet	9/22/2009
Washington, D.C.: Lawmakers Should Support a Broadband Plan Which Serves the Public Good	9/21/2009
Washington, D.C.: Consumer And Privacy Groups Urge Congress to Enact Consumer Privacy Guarantees	9/01/2009
Washington, D.C.: U.S. PIRG Applauds the Introduction of the Internet Freedom Preservation Act	7/30/2009
Retailers Misleading Consumers on the Digital Television (DTV) Transition	2/13/2008

Money & Politics News

Washington, D.C.: Campaign Contributions Greasing the Wheels for New Highway Construction?	11/12/2009
Washington, D.C.: Campaign Finance Rules That Regulate 527 Spending Overturned	9/18/2009
Washington, D.C.: Citizens United Case Arguments Heard Tomorrow	9/08/2009
Washington, D.C. Washington D.C.: Statement on the Connecticut Clean Elections Decision	8/31/2009
Washington D.C.: Despite the Economy, Influence Peddling is Still a Growth Industry	7/29/2009

More News

Washington, D.C.: U.S. PIRG Applauds Increased Ethics Committee Activity But Questions Ethics Committee Criticism of Office of Congressional Ethics	10/30/2009
Maryland: Coalition Warns of Utility Deal's Implications	10/30/2009
Massachusetts: Adding Water and Gatorade to the Bottle Bill	10/07/2009
Colorado: As Summer Ends CoPIRG Highlights Need to Cool Off	9/22/2009
Maryland: Coalition Urges “No Deal” for Constellation Energy and Electricite de France	9/17/2009

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