11-25-2024, 03:03 AM
Zixi McCain Speech Excerpts
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Getty Images/ Justin Sullivan Five House Democrats today asked Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate whether banks and their trade associations are violating anti-trust laws with their new, unpopular debit card fees.Bank of America announced last month it will begin charging custome stanley cup rs a $5 monthly fee to use its debit cards, and other banks are following suit. The Democrats, led by Rep. Peter Welch of Vermont, said in a letter to Holder today that there s evidence to suggest big banks are coordinating their fee strategies. Bank of America s debit card fee announcement adds to the urgency of their question, they wrote. We are concerned that BOA s announcement may be a reaction to, and participation in, price signaling or collusion that has occurred among and between banks and bank associations, the letter said. The letter points to possible evidence of collusion, such as an email from the Texas Bankers Association to its members regarding swipe fee reforms in Congress. The email read in part, Now, the industry must regroup and each a stanley mugs nd every one of you must dec stanley sverige ide how you are going to pay for the use of debit cards. In addition to Welch, the letter was signed by Reps. John Conyers, D-Mich., Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., Keith Ellison, D-Minn., and Mike Honda, D-Calif.Paying to use a debit card was unheard of before this year. Banks say they re trying to recoup the losses they ll suffer from
A fleet of top Democratic lawmakers unveiled a bill Wednesday that would outlaw discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender LGBT individuals in federal law, pitching their effort as the next step toward full LGBT equality. After years under a legal cloud, [marriage equality] is now the law of the land, but LGBT discrimination is allowed to flourish, New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, the number three Democrat in the Senate, tweeted on Wednesday. We must shine a light on injustice. LGBT discrimination has no place in our housing, employment, and education laws. LGBT activist: Fight goes on after landmark marriage ruling 02:41 The Full Equality Act of 2015 is being sponsored in the House by Rep. Da stanley tumblers vid Cicilline, D-Rhode Island, and in the Senate by Sens. Jeff botella stanley Merkley, D-Oregon, Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, and Cory Booker, D-New Jersey. It would amend a number of existing federal laws to expand legal protections for LGBT individuals in arenas like employment, housing, and commerce. One provision likely to draw stanley deutschland opposition from Republicans would guarantee LGBT people equal access to public accommodations, forbidding most U.S. businesses from discriminating against gay customers.As the fight for same-sex marriage reached its culmination at the Su Yqid China s President To Get Grand State Dinner
Getty Images/ Justin Sullivan Five House Democrats today asked Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate whether banks and their trade associations are violating anti-trust laws with their new, unpopular debit card fees.Bank of America announced last month it will begin charging custome stanley cup rs a $5 monthly fee to use its debit cards, and other banks are following suit. The Democrats, led by Rep. Peter Welch of Vermont, said in a letter to Holder today that there s evidence to suggest big banks are coordinating their fee strategies. Bank of America s debit card fee announcement adds to the urgency of their question, they wrote. We are concerned that BOA s announcement may be a reaction to, and participation in, price signaling or collusion that has occurred among and between banks and bank associations, the letter said. The letter points to possible evidence of collusion, such as an email from the Texas Bankers Association to its members regarding swipe fee reforms in Congress. The email read in part, Now, the industry must regroup and each a stanley mugs nd every one of you must dec stanley sverige ide how you are going to pay for the use of debit cards. In addition to Welch, the letter was signed by Reps. John Conyers, D-Mich., Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., Keith Ellison, D-Minn., and Mike Honda, D-Calif.Paying to use a debit card was unheard of before this year. Banks say they re trying to recoup the losses they ll suffer from