Legislation, proposed by Sens. Van Hollen and Brown along with Rep. Chuy Garcia of Illinois would rescind the Trump-era rule and reestablish states’ right to protect their residents with interest rate caps.
Predatory lenders shouldn’t get to take advantage of the terrible economic hardships of this pandemic. Congress must cap sky-high interest rates in the next Coronavirus relief package.
The Coronavirus pandemic is a health crisis like we have never seen before, and it is colliding with the economic crisis of this generation — student loan debt. Lost wages and medical costs will impact families across the country for weeks, months, and years to come. Adding the persistent burden of student debt is a
Right now, your member of Congress is considering a bill that would make sure that payday loan sharks can’t charge sky-high, triple-digit interest rates on their deceptive loans. Passage would be a big victory in the fight against the predatory payday Debt Trap. Use our online tool to send an email to your members of Congress, telling them to support H.R. 5050 to fight the payday Debt Trap!
Today is the big day! Get the word out to your networks to call your congressional representatives TODAY to ask them to support HR 5050, the Veterans and Consumers Fair Credit Act! The Veterans and Consumers Fair Credit Act is a bipartisan bill that extends the Military Lending Act’s usury protections to veterans and all consumers by
Since the mid 1990s, student borrowers who were defrauded by their college have been entitled to have those loans canceled. Betsy DeVos wants to change that. In the fall of 2016, the Department of Education updated this rule to clarify the process and add protections. But when Betsy DeVos became secretary of education, she illegally