Mr. Obama's communications director, Dan Pfeiffer, said Thursday in a statement, "We need to think through the intended and unintended consequences of this bill on consumer protections, especially in light of the recent developments with mortgage processors".
WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (Reuters) - The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday to overhaul the U.S. consumer financial watchdog, although the politically charged legislation stands little chance of becoming law.
Extra costs should not be put on consumer bills, but revenue from carbon taxes levied on generators for the pollution they created should be used to provide long-term funding for energy efficiency, the campaign group said.
I will join my colleagues to vote yes on a bill to protect consumer choice and guard against federal overreach".
At another point, Mr. Lazio became infuriated as Mrs. Clinton suggested -- "Let me perhaps enlighten you on his record," she said to Mr. Pressman -- that Mr. Lazio had taken campaign contributions in return for supporting a bill that weakened consumer protections on factory-made housing.
Price did help shepherd through a bill to improve consumer disclosures on home equity loans in 1986, but by the 1990s, he had joined a bipartisan congressional consensus to deregulate much of the financial industry.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate voted 90 to 5 on Tuesday to approve a bill providing consumers with greater protection from aggressive credit card company practices.
The word in the marble hallways of the Capitol was that a bill to make consumers pay for insurance on rental cars was on a fast track.
As a result, he added, he will propose "a stronger bill" for Democrats on consumer protection -- though his plan will also include a nod to potential Republican backers by allowing a council of regulators to overrule the consumer agency.
Perhaps related is that revelation that the "up to" £1bn George Osborne has promised for the carbon capture and storage demonstration plants will not in fact come from a levy on consumer power bills, as expected and enabled in law in the Energy Act 2010.
