Coalition Efforts

Consumer Action is working on these important issues along with other organizations. If you would like to know more about these issues, please see the "For More Information" within each effort.

H.R. 5679 effectively protects homeowners from foreclosure
Consumer Action joined in a letter to Chairwoman Maxine Waters of the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, supporting H.R. 5679, or the Foreclosure Prevention and Sound Mortgage Servicing Act of 2008.

Potential pitfalls for consumers in mobile marketplace
In a letter to Donald S. Clark, Secretary of the Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Action and Consumer Federation of America lay out relevant issues regarding the mobile marketplace and ask the FTC to consider potential dangers to consumers in its Town Hall meeting on the subject.

E-Prescribing Act must include privacy protection for consumers
In conjunction with its Patient Privacy Rights Coalition partners, Consumer Action asked Senator John Kerry to include a privacy provision in S. 2408, the Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection (E-MEDS) Act of 2007.

Recommendations to the FTC on behavioral advertising
Consumer Action, in conjunction with its Privacy Coalition partners, has asked the Federal Trade Commission to consider enforcement a necessary part of their principles in dealing with online behavioral advertising.

Federal Reserve must prevent predatory lending practices
Consumer Action joined in a letter to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve urging the entity to take stronger preventative measures against predatory lending.

Real ID plagued by fiscal and privacy concerns
Consumer Action joined in a letter opposing further funding for the Real ID Act of 2005. Several states have refused to implement the act because of the Department of Homeland Security's failure to adequately address technology and privacy concerns.

Reconsider FCC media ownership rule change
Consumer Action joined in a letter to the Federal Communications Commission asking that the recently revised newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership rule be reconsidered. In December the FCC overturned a 32-year-old ban on cross ownership to allow broadcasters in the nation's 20 largest media markets to also own a newspaper.

Protecting whistleblowers through the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
In a letter to Christopher Cox, Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Consumer Action joined three other advocacy organizations in requesting continued protection for whistleblowers under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

The Foreclosure Prevention Act
Consumer Action joined in a letter to Senator Harry Reid in support of S.2636, the Foreclosure Prevention Act, which would help thousands of people save their homes by extending an existing bankruptcy safety net to include loan modifications for primary residences.

Financial Education in the African American Community
Consumer Action attended the first Financial Literacy Roundtable focused on financial education in the black community. The roundtable was hosted by the Department of Treasury in March 2008.