The senator was the only Democrat to oppose a recent law, sponsored by Sen. Dodd, to "restrict unfair credit card rate increases, penalties and fees, and bans deceptive and predatory practices".
"I think there's a lot of unfair treatment," Covington said at a panel Wednesday night sponsored by the Committee of Black Writers at the Writers Guild of America, West.
What does the ad want me to do?" The initiative is being sponsored by the Bureau of Consumer Protection of the Federal Trade Commission, which polices deceptive, fraudulent and unfair marketing and advertising practices.
For example, a recent survey sponsored by CareerBuilder and Kelley Services found that 25% of female workers have experienced discrimination or unfair treatment in the workplace, and 17% said they have felt sexually harassed by a fellow employee or manager.
Capitol Hill office on Wednesday to drop off plastic rats, pictures of potholes, unfair parking tickets and other representations of municipal problems in protest of the D.C. abortion ban he sponsored.
Bills sponsored by Senator Dick Durbin, Democrat of Illinois, and Representative Steve Cohen, Democrat of Tennessee, would eliminate the unfair protections for private student lenders and give struggling borrowers a chance at a fresh start.
The FTC is tasked with prevention of fraudulent, deceptive and unfair business practices in the marketplace, yet different platforms seem to be held to different standards when it comes to revealing sponsored content.
The measure, sponsored in the Senate by Kenneth P. LaValle, Republican of Selden, seeks to redress, in the words of the measure, "unfair and manipulative petroleum prices that are incurred in only certain parts of the state".
