You get a call out of the blue. The caller insists you owe money and says you’ll be arrested if you don’t pay immediately. You have no idea what she’s talking about. What do you do? The FTC says that Global Circulation, Inc. (which did business using names like Consumer Impact Recovery and Total Mediation Solutions) used…
National Consumer Law Center (NCLC), ACEEE, the National Energy Assistance Directors Association (NEADA) and National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates (NASUCA), urge U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright to ensure the continued effectiveness of the Department’s Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) by maintaining sufficient staffing to administer WAP, a program that has a history…
Medicaid plays a crucial role in ensuring that millions of working-class, aging, and disabled individuals can receive necessary long-term services and supports (LTSS) in their own homes and communities. Federal policy, however, forces state Medicaid programs to pursue recovery of LTSS costs accrued at age 55 and older from the estates of deceased beneficiaries, often…
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We are supporting Rhode Island H 6055, which prevents predatory rent-a-bank lenders from evading the state’s interest rate limits.
Read More about Testimony in Support of Rhode Island H 6055 on Interest and Usury
This is a s sign on letter to the FCC in support of the National Congress of American Indians and the Navajo Nation’s request for a Tribal Licensing Window re the AWS-3 reauction (spectrum). This would provide tribal nations with spectrum rights over their land and facilitate closing the digital divide.
We oppose H.R. 142 (Cammack)/S. 485 (Paul) Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act (REINS Act). The bill would prohibit agencies from enforcing important consumer protection rules that have a large economic impact unless Congress acts to approve the regulations in a short window of time.