The corrections telecommunications industry contracts with prison and jail systems (and immigrationdetention centers) to provide the exclusive means for prisoners to maintain contact with the outsideworld. Limiting such contact and charging inflated prices for it is unfair and exploitative, and weakensfamily bonds by reducing the frequency of contact between prisoners and their families, which is…
The National Consumer Law Center thanks Senator Eldridge for introducing S.578 and Representative Brodeur for introducing its companion H.919 and offers the following testimony in support of S.578/H.919
Testimony before the COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL SERVICES SUBCOMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND CONSUMER CREDIT regarding “Fair Credit Reporting Act: How it Functions for Consumers and the Economy”
As the 2018 tax season begins to draw to a close, older adults should be wary of two tax time products offered by tax return preparers and lenders that could drain their hard-earned tax refunds: Refund Anticipation Checks (RAC) and Refund Anticipation Loans (RALs).
Tables 1, 2, and 3 of Protecting Seriously Ill Consumers From Utility Disconnections
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Supreme Court of the United States, Ohio et al. v. American Express Co. et al.
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A group letter supporting S2734/H4694, An Act relative to fairness in debt collection (or the Debt Collection Fairness Act (DCFA)), within the text of S.2842/H.4887, An Act enabling partnerships for growth as you conference the Senate and House versions of the bill.
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Joint Consumer Letter to House to support for H.R. 3375, the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act
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Letter in support of the provision of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 that will close the 90/10 loophole and restore the intended impact of the rule. By accurately accounting for all taxpayer dollars that flow to for-profit colleges, this change will identify high-risk colleges that are overly dependent on federal subsidies, and that…
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The undersigned public interest organizations, write in strong support of S. 3913, the End Double Taxation of Successful Consumer Claims Act
The undersigned public interest organizations, write in strong support of H.R. 7171, the End Double Taxation of Successful Consumer Claims Act.
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