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Urge Congress to Reject the Big, Brutal Reconciliation Bill

July 2, 2025

The U.S. House will soon consider the Senate’s Reconciliation Bill. The big, brutal bill will raise prices for low-income and working-class families, eliminate health insurance for millions of people, slash funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and eviscerate student loan protections to pay for tax cuts for billionaires. The Reconciliation bill includes huge…

WBUR On Point: The legacy of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

July 1, 2025

Airing on WBUR/NPR on July 1, 2025, Paige Sutherland and Deborah Becker invited Diane Thompson, deputy director and chief advocacy officer at NCLC, to join former CFPB Director Richard Cordray for an episode of On Point focused on what the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has meant for consumer protection in the U.S.

Low-Income Communities Hit Hard as Senate Passes Brutal Reconciliation Bill

July 1, 2025

Serious Harms Await Working People as Senators Slash Healthcare and Consumer Protections to Boost Billionaires

NCLC Launches New Video Series for Student Loan Borrowers

July 1, 2025

Videos explain borrowers’ repayment options as rapid changes in policy, funding create confusion.

Rural, Low-Income Communities Win After Supreme Court Upholds Funding for Phone and Broadband

June 27, 2025

6-3 decision preserves affordable access to highspeed internet and phone for homes, schools, libraries, and other public facilities in underserved areas WASHINGTON – People in rural and low-income communities notched a win today with a U.S. Supreme Court decision preserving funding that ensures affordable and reliable phone and internet service is available in rural and…

Payments Dive: CFPB, consumer groups clash over BNPL

June 20, 2025

Appearing in Payments Dive on June 16, Patrick Cooley interview NCLC Associate Director and Director of Federal Advocacy Lauren Saunders for coverage of how the battle over buy now, pay later — whether it’s helpful or hurtful to users — persists even after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau last month withdrew its rule regulating such…

CNBC: Republicans move to eliminate payment pauses for struggling student loan borrowers

June 20, 2025

Appearing in CNBC on June 17, 2025, Annie Nova interviews Abby Shafroth, managing director of advocacy and director of the National Consumer Law Center’s Student Loan Borrower Assistance Project, for coverage of how GOP lawmakers are moving in their “big, beautiful bill” to nix payment pauses for student loan borrowers who’ve lost their job or…

Families Could Lose Funds for Heating, Cooling, and Weatherization

June 16, 2025

NCLC Advocates Provide Testimony to House and Senate Committees to Preserve Protections for Safe, Liveable Homes

The Guardian: US medical debt financing groups vie to be ‘solution’ to struggling rural hospitals

June 13, 2025

Appearing in The Guardian on June 12, 2025, Jessica Glenza interviews NCLC Senior Attorney April Kuehnhoff for coverage of how medical debt financing and “patient access” companies are pitching their services to struggling rural hospitals nervous about keeping the doors open, as congressional Republicans consider healthcare cuts that could leave 16 million Americans without insurance. “This really…

Bloomberg Law: Financial Companies Push Trump’s CFPB to Undo More Settlements

June 13, 2025

Appearing in Bloomberg Law on June 12, 2025, Evan Weinberger interviews NCLC Deputy Director and Chief Advocacy Officer Diane Thompson for coverage of how reopening settlements will have a long-term impact on the CFPB’s reputation, particularly after Vought’s claims related to the Townstone matter. “It becomes very hard to ever rebuild the public’s confidence in…

The Guardian: ‘How did I get approved for $30,000?’: is buy now, pay later headed for a fall?

June 13, 2025

Appearing in The Guardian on June 12, 2025, Lauren Aratani interviews NCLC Associate Director Lauren Saunders for coverage of how buy now, pay later loans add to debt burdens with installment payments as credit card debt balloons. “Companies like BNPL because it leads people to spend more and make things look more affordable than they…

NBC News: Consumers brace for steeper bills and lower credit scores from Trump's financial deregulation

June 11, 2025

Appearing in NBC News on June 11, 2025, J.J. McCorvey interviewed NCLC Senior Attorney Chi Chi Wu for coverage of how consumers, once expecting relief from the impacts of medical debt on their credit reports, are now bracing for impact from President Donald Trump’s push to slash financial regulations. “These rules generally are very politically…

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