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Consumer finance / credit card swipe fees

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tracked promises
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of scored promises kept
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stated positions
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officials on record

Officials on Consumer finance / credit card swipe fees

Officials on this issue
DRichard J. Durbin1100%1

Positions on record

  • Richard J. DurbinStated position

    Pressing to pass his Credit Card Competition Act (which would require large card-issuing banks to offer at least two network options to process credit transactions, aimed at the Visa-Mastercard duopoly), Durbin pledged to keep siding with consumers and merchants over the card industry: "I will always choose Main Street over Wall Street."

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