Coalition Efforts
Consumer Protection
- Opposition to amendments that would strip agencies’ powers to protect consumers
- Credit Card Competition Act would break up Visa-Mastercard duopoly
- Call for an AI Bill of Rights
- Big Pharma and industry groups should drop lawsuits attempting to block drug price negotiation
- Homes Guarantee coalition asks FHFA to impose tenant protection requirements on borrowers
- Proposed rule would protect future PACE borrowers
- Coalition supports FHFA’s proposed rulemaking on fair lending oversight and equitable housing finance
- FTC’s proposed Negative Option Rule would protect consumers from unwanted automatic subscription renewals
- Bipartisan legislation would preserve freedom of payment choice
- Dozens of organizations urge lawmakers to oppose REINS Act
- Support for bill that would hold rental car companies accountable for overbooking
- Consumer groups urge Supreme Court to uphold the constitutionality of the CFPB
- Support for California right-to-repair legislation
- FDIC should downgrade FinWise Bank over predatory ‘rent-a-bank’ lending
- FCC should ban forced arbitration clauses in telecommunications services contracts
- Proposed legislation would require cash refunds for flight cancellations and significant delays
- A call to end junk fees
- Agencies should ensure that hurricane victims are protected from negative credit reporting in aftermath of disaster
- Effort to ensure safe airplane seat size continues in comments to the FAA
- Coalition supports CFPB plan to expand data gathered as part of complaint process
- Coalition asks CFPB to issue a rule that would prohibit medical debts from appearing on credit reports if the debts arose from medically necessary services
- FTC and DOJ must rein in fraudulent review brokers to protect consumers and honest businesses
- Effort to get forced arbitration clauses out of consumer contracts continues
- CFPB should use its authority to curb job training programs that leave employees indebted to employers
- SEC should end greenwashing by investment funds and require greater transparency
- Telemarketing Sales Rule should be strengthened even further to protect consumers from misconduct
- Addressing abusive overdraft fees would greatly benefit the most vulnerable consumers
- The system is still broken: It’s time for income-driven repayment reform
- Protect the rights of 45 million contact lens consumers
- Advocates urge Congress to pass online kids’ safety reform
- “Buy Now, Pay Later” is not always the best deal for consumers
- Protect retirees and savers from conflicted investment advice
- Stronger CRA rules still needed to ensure equal access to credit
- Addressing credit issues that arise after transgender and nonbinary consumers change their name
- The system is broken: It’s time for income-driven repayment reform
- It’s time to stand up for patients and to stop Big Pharma from ripping us off
- Regulators should reject FinTech startup’s bank charter application
- Ensure that banks equitably and justly invest in our communities
- The CFPB must protect consumers from fraud in payment systems
- Biden should remove FDIC Chair for refusing to follow the law
- Feds should halt bank mergers until guidelines are strengthened
- The FCC and FTC can do more to protect consumers’ location data
- As the pandemic continues, the Build Back Better Act aims to provide critical assistance to American families
- The FAIR Fees Act to curb outrageous airline fees
- Advocates ask the CFPB to bring back public consumer complaint narratives
- Boosting the FTC’s oversight ability through the Build Back Better Act
- The FTC must act now against data abuses and discrimination
- Americans need drug pricing reform now
- CFPB urged to reverse earned wage actions that could create dangerous FinTech payday loopholes
- The FCC should protect Americans from sneaky voicemails from telemarketers and debt collectors
- Biden’s Build Back Better Act to include historic expansion of funds to address homeownership gap for people of color
- Protecting democracy from a lawless president
- Requiring SSN collection by peer-to-peer payment services puts consumers at risk
- Congress to protect all Medicare beneficiaries in reconciliation bill
- HUD to tackle systemic racism and housing discrimination
- A call for President Biden to end Big Pharma monopolies
- Everyone should have equal opportunities and access to products and services
- Stop the proposed first-class mail slowdown
- It’s time to dig deeper into sources of unfairness in auto insurance market
- Grant FHA-backed borrowers the full forbearance relief they are legally entitled to
- It’s time for the Department of Education to eliminate waste, fraud and abuse in higher education
- Advocates join in support of legislation that targets predatory banking fees
- More can be done to protect consumers and patients during pharmaceutical mergers
- Comprehensive privacy protections needed at home before transatlantic deal is passed
- Groups contest major postage increase planned by USPS
- Protect retirement savers from risky private equity investments
- FinTech users deserve strong data use protections
- Congress asked to restore FTC’s monetary relief powers
- Expanding access to homeownership for consumers with limited English proficiency
- Choice of retirement plan disclosure notice still important for workers and retirees
- Support closing the 90/10 loophole to protect students during the COVID-19 pandemic
- The FTC and CFPB must do more to prevent mass homelessness during the pandemic
- Over 100 groups call on Federal Reserve to Strengthen CRA
- The pandemic’s impact on the digital divide: Low-income Americans need help now
- Key DOT aviation committee lacks consumer representation
- Immediate action needed to help keep families in their homes
- The new California privacy agency should prioritize consumers’ privacy
- Prioritizing health equity to overcome the coronavirus pandemic
- Advocates urge the Biden administration to slash drug costs
- New banking rule aims to prop up fossil fuel industry
- California legislators urged to make significant investments in public broadband
- It’s critical that the CFPB uphold strong lending protections for all consumers
- Protect limited-English speakers from harmful debt collection practices
- Advocates urge the Biden administration to reject Big Tech appointments to his cabinet
- Studies show systemic racism in insurance industry
- Allies urge CFPB Director not to weaken its enforcement arm
- Student advocates urge DeVos to extend loan suspension
- Privacy advocates urge U.S. FCC to protect privacy during pandemic
- ED must stop funding fraudulent and predatory for-profit colleges
- The Department of Transportation fails to address consumers’ pandemic concerns
- Seniors deserve a simplified Medicare enrollment process
- Advocates tell CFPB: “Stop violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act.”
- You private genetic testing information can be sold without warning—that needs to change
- State-based “bills of rights” needed to protect student loan borrowers
- Patients deserve access to cheaper prescription drugs
- The next COVID-19 relief package should include these critical consumer protections
- Online marketplaces should do more to protect customers from harmful products
- Advocates call foul as CFPB hides consumer complaint narratives from public view
- Millions of struggling families need housing counseling now
- More than 100 non-profit groups support bill that would require corporations to disclose important data to address potential profit shifting