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.

Consumer Action testifies on universal postal service
Consumer Action's Linda Sherry, Director of National Priorities, testified about postal consumer concerns before the Postal Regulatory Commission.

Arbitration nursing home bill protects consumers and their loved ones
In a letter to Representative Linda Sanchez (D-CA), Consumer Action joined its coalition members in supporting the Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act, which would invalidate pre-dispute mandatory arbitration provisions in nursing home, assisted living, and other long-term facility contracts.

H.R. 2885 would undermine key consumer credit protections
Consumer Action joined in a letter to the House Committee on Financial Services opposing the Credit Monitoring Clarification Act, which would significantly weaken the Credit Repair Organizations Act.

Congress should enact the strongest product safety bill possible
In an open letter to Congress, Consumer Action and several other organizations asked for lawmakers to pass legislation with strong product safety measures to protect American families and consumers.

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.

E-Prescribing legislation must include privacy protection
In conjunction with its Patient Privacy Coalition partners, Consumer Action asked Senators Baucus and Grassley, Representatives Rangel, McCrery, Dingell and Barton to include a privacy provision in any e-prescribing legislation before them.

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.

Groups support Menendez credit card bill
U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) was joined by consumer group representatives as he announced a sweeping plan to put an end to deceptive practices and irresponsible marketing by some credit card companies.

Saving homes through Chapter 13 bankruptcy
Consumer Action joined civil rights and consumer organizations in this letter of support for the bipartisan Chabot-Conyers “Emergency Home Ownership and Mortgage Equity Protection Act of 2007,” which would save hundreds of thousands of homes from foreclosure.

Postal reform: Comparing the House and Senate Versions
Don Soifer, director of the Consumer Postal Council, has prepared this comparison of the House and Senate versions of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act. Consumer Action is a member of the Council. (HR. 22 and S 662)