Coalition Efforts
Congress
- A new bill aimed at helping students lacks robust borrower protections
- Further cuts to Pell will put college out of reach for many low-income families
- Consumer Action joins the Ban Facial Recognition Campaign
- Overhauling the nation’s broken credit reporting system
- Is Mercedes-Benz cheating us out of clean air?
- Arbitration in America hurts consumers
- It’s time for Wall Street traders to pay their fair share
- Forced arbitration silences victims and should end
- Consumers need stronger credit reporting protections
- Americans are ready for comprehensive reform to lower prescription drug prices
- The time is now for a FAMILY bill to be passed
- The CREATES Act protects patients from outrageous prescription drug costs
- Protect consumers, not pyramid-scheme businesses
- How the government shutdown puts working families at risk
- The time is now for comprehensive consumer data privacy legislation
- The 116th Congress should put students at the top of their agenda
- Department of Education urged to extend loan discharge period for scammed students
- Kathy Kraninger is shockingly unqualified to lead the CFPB
- Groups renew call for no poison pill policy riders
- Advocates set the bar for upcoming discussion on privacy legislation
- Hands off the Medicare donut hole deal
- Protect consumers from excessive airline fees
- Senate should reject Kraninger for CFPB Director
- It’s buyer beware with the SEC’s latest best interest proposal
- 3M seniors could lose critical benefits if Benchmark Cap remains in Medicare Advantage
- Health insurance tax would hit seniors hard
- Protecting Pell Grants in 2019 spending bill is critical for strong, diverse economy
- A terrible agenda for students and taxpayers
- Border wall funding is a waste of taxpayer dollars
- Last-ditch effort to prevent auto lending discrimination fails
- Advocates alarmed as HUD considers dropping key mission
- 10 years after Great Recession, Senate considers Dodd-Frank rollbacks
- Stringent safety requirements needed before driverless cars hit the road
- PROSPER Act puts for-profit schools’ interests ahead of students and taxpayers
- SAFE Lending Act protects working families from cycle of debt
- Congress to gut key provision of Americans with Disabilities Act
- Policy riders are a shady attempt at regulating CFPB
- Consumers deserve more control over their credit reports
- Do not let government agencies weaken consumer protections
- Advocates call on Congress do more for victims of Equifax breach
- ED urged to put students’ interest first as it reconsiders critical regulations
- Bills make high cost, predatory lending easier
- Pell Grants remain in jeopardy, impacting vulnerable low-income students
- Fighting for DACA and DREAMers’ access to higher education
- Enough with the sneaky and harmful policy riders
- Consumer groups call on House to oppose pyramid scheme promotion amendment
- Raiding of Pell Grant funds will hurt millions of low-income students
- No room for ideological riders in our nation’s budget
- The CHOICE Act is WRONG for Americans and the economy
- Regulatory Accountability Act (RAA) would hurt consumers
- The Choice Act 2.0 is the WRONG choice for consumers
- A push for regulatory leadership that is unimpeachably independent
- Children’s advocates oppose attempts to revoke internet privacy rules
- The CFPB: A champion for student loan borrowers too
- Mnuchin unfit to serve as Treasury Secretary—Senate should oppose nomination
- Hands off the CFPB!
- The ‘Foreclosure King’ is an unfit choice to run the U.S. Treasury
- Five senators should recuse themselves from confirming Education nominee
- Stand up for low-income students by protecting Pell Grant funds
- The FBI is watching you, but who is watching the FBI?
- Strong student protections still critical in higher education industry
- Proposed bill would damage credit scores of millions
- More policy riders intended to threaten retiring Americans, hijack budget process
- Keep the CFPB strong on forced arbitration
- Protect Pell Grant funding for students
- A strong FCC preserves net neutrality
- It’s time to protect travelers from airlines’ soaring fees
- DARK Act threatens consumers’ right to know what they eat
- FCC needs to fill ‘void’ in consumer privacy protection
- Dept. of Education should protect students–not the schools that bully them
- FTC Holder Rule strengthens consumer rights
- In favor of stronger banking fraud protections for consumers
- Calling on the FCC to establish online privacy rules
- Against TSA’s unlawful screening of airline passengers
- “V.W. Bailout” bill is bad business for consumers
- CEOs urged to stop using forced arbitration
- Cars now safer to rent, thanks to mom-turned-advocate
- Against changing the leadership structure of the CFPB
- Expanding debt collection protections to those who need it most
- The highway bill turned into a dangerous road for consumers
- Financial professionals should act in their clients’ best interest
- Congress must keep health markets competitive
- End the private prison racket in America
- Don’t restrict the CFPB’s oversight of auto financing issues
- Whistleblowers like Snowden deserve protections
- Policy riders threaten vital public safeguards, hijack budget process
- “Full file” reports undermine existing protections and harm consumers credit
- Keep auto insurance affordable for everyone
- Taking a stand for prompt, reliable mail service
- Keep the “consumer watchdog” independent of partisan politics
- Bringing Lifeline into the Digital Age
- Protecting borrowers, not banks, from risky loans
- Defenseless whistleblowers forced to risk it all
- Protecting children from a common household item
- Advocates oppose effort to suspend lender liability under new mortgage rules
- Lawmakers siding with predatory payday lenders over troops
- Operation Choke Point protects consumers from fraud
- Time to improve an outdated education data collection system
- Holding for-profit schools accountable
- Another attempt to undermine the consumer watchdog
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