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Obama: New consumer protections 'essential' - Yahoo! News »
Posted by: mpchekuri 6 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is warning critics of his vast financial overhaul plan that he has no patience for debate from hard-line defenders of a ...
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Rick Perry: States Rights are Rapidly Eroding - Tenth Amendment Center »
Posted by: populist 8 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
Under the dome of the Texas capitol, folks typically focus on the Texas constitution, but it’s time to revisit the U.S. Constitution and ...
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WH Hits AHIP, Making the Case for the Public Option »
Posted by: Tumultuous 2 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
The White House continues its offensive against AHIP and the private insurers, with spokesperson Linda Douglass hitting them hard for anti-consumer practices.
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EXCLUSIVE: Ex-Bush whistleblower pans Dems - Washington Times »
Posted by: gbudavid 4 months ago in Political News
The Army contract director lionized by Democrats for exposing corruption during the George W. Bush administration now complains that her efforts to win more protections ...
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Consumer protections lost in health care debate - Yahoo! News »
Posted by: ybdogsct 4 months, 3 weeks ago in Political Opinion
It's one issue in the health care debate that nearly everyone — even the insurance lobby — seems to agree on: Better consumer protections are needed ...
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Obama Sides with Republicans; PATRIOT Act Renewal Bill Passes Senate Judiciary Committee Minus Critical Civil Liberties Reforms | Electronic Fronti... »
Posted by: calitennflo 2 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Well, it looks like most of the Senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee weren't swayed by this morning's New York Times editorial , which ...
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Obama pledges protections for credit-card users »
Posted by: mafihotz 8 months, 1 week ago in News
President Barack Obama said Thursday his administration is determined to get a credit-card law that eliminates tricky fine print, sudden rate increases and late fees ...
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Improved Health Insurance Reform Flowchart »
Posted by: tehranchik 3 months, 3 weeks ago in Health & Fitness
Several commenters have helped me find more accurate statistics on the number of Americans with employer-provided insurance, as well as on the income of those ...
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EXCLUSIVE: WH sought to weaken law on whistleblowing - Washington Times »
Posted by: RTHTGakaRoland 4 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Despite its pledge to better protect federal employees who expose wrongdoing, the Obama administration privately sought to weaken protections for national security whistleblowers under legislation ...
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Obama in credit card face-off »
Posted by: kirstensimone 8 months, 1 week ago in News
President to meet with execs to press his case for consumer protections - a day after House panel OKs bill limiting increases on rates and fees.
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How the Banks Plan to Limit Credit-Card Protections »
Posted by: rumple4skin 8 months, 1 week ago in Business & Finance
It's not so clear President Obama will be able to clamp down on credit card abuses. The banking industry's lobbyists plan to limit ...
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Consumers Get Important New Credit Card Protections »
Posted by: Varadinum 1 year ago in Business & Finance
Office of Thrift Supervision Adopts New Rules to Safeguard Consumers; Federal Reserve Board and National Credit Union Administration Set To Act Later Today
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Task Force: ENDA reflects core U.S. value of fairness »
Posted by: ephram 4 months, 4 weeks ago in Political News
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Action Fund applauds today’ s Senate introduction of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), which would protect against workplace ...
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Japanese To Enforce Tough New Copyright Protections »
Posted by: extrawriter 1 month, 1 week ago in News
Japanese Prime Minister, Yukio Hatoyama has recently decided in favor of the Japanese artistic copyright group, JASRAC (Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and ...
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Chris Dodd ignores lobbyists. It's about time! »
Posted by: Jeboba 5 months, 2 weeks ago in News
It's about time we had someone in D.C. who will tell the lobbyists to go away and who stands up for the people ...
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