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California Action
Give California consumers the foreclosure relief they deserve
Date: Wed, August 01, 2018
Consumers and advocates are calling on Governor Jerry Brown to immediately restore mortgage crisis recovery funds to help those California homeowners who continue to suffer the disastrous effects of the foreclosure crisis, 10 years later.
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National Action
Tell your Senators: Ensure FAIR Fees for airline travelers!
Date: Thu, July 19, 2018
The FAIR Fees amendment protects passengers from unreasonable change and cancellations fees charged by airlines.
Watching
National Action
Protect a complaint process that’s CRITICAL to consumers!
Date: Wed, July 11, 2018
We need your help in urging Acting Director Mick Mulvaney to maintain—and expand—public access to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) complaint information.
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National Legislation
S. 564: HANGUP Act
Sponsor: Edward J. Markey [D-MA] on 2017-03-08
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/s564
The HANGUP Act repeals part of the 2015 Budget Bill that allow collectors of debt owed to or guaranteed by the United States to make robodialed and prerecorded calls and texts to cell phones without consent. It impacts those with student loans, mortgages, veterans loans, farming loans, etc.
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National Legislation
S 3065: Protecting JOBs Act
Sponsor: Marco Rubio [R-FL] on 2018-06-14
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/s3065
Federal law currently allows states to take away professional licenses, even drivers licenses, as a punishment for falling behind on the repayment of federal student loans. This bill would prevent states from doing that.
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National Action
Defend the CFPB’s consumer complaint database
Date: Thu, May 31, 2018
It is the mission of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to protect and inform consumers to make financial markets more fair, accountable and transparent. So WHY is the acting director threatening to close public access to the complaint database? We need this valuable complaint tool to inform us and hold companies accountable.
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National Action
Protect your online privacy!
Date: Wed, May 16, 2018
Congress has proposed the CONSENT Act to require companies to get your consent to use, share or sell your personal information.
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National Action
A terrible agenda for student loan borrowers
Date: Wed, May 16, 2018
For the first time since 2008, Congress is preparing to rewrite the Higher Education Act (HEA). An associated legislative proposal, the PROSPER Act, would cut $58 billion from student aid, open the door to selling student loans to Wall Street and eliminate the few accountability measures we have over predatory for-profit schools.
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National Legislation
S.J.Res. 57: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5
Sponsor: Jerry Moran [R-NE] on 2017-01-05
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/sjres57#
This bill intends to block federal action against discrimination in auto lending. Discrimination in auto lending continues to extract billions of dollars a year in extra loan payments from borrowers of color; Congress should be taking action to end this injustice, not interfering with efforts to enforce fair lending laws.
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National Legislation
S. 1989: Honest Ads Act
Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar [D-MN] on 2017-10-19
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/s1989
The Honest Ads Act would close that gaping loophole by requiring the same disclosure and transparency in online campaign ads -- like those that appear on Facebook -- that we already have in television and radio ads.