As one of our millions of FreedomWorks members nationwide, I urge you to contact your Representative today and urge him or her to support H.R. 3550, the “New Fair Deal Banking and Housing Stability Act of 2013,” and to co-sponsor the bill if he or she has not already done so.

July 21 marked the anniversary of the passing of the Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection act. Unfortunately the law has neither reformed Wall Street nor Protected Consumers.  The 3,200 page law has spawned several new regulatory bodies, and has granted 11 separate federal agencies the authority and the legal obligation to create over 400 new financial regulations.

The Dodd-Frank financial overhaul law—also known as the “Federal Reserve Empowerment Law"—recently marked its first anniversary. Last summer, we fought this unconstitutional power grab tooth and nail. The lead sponsors of the bill Rep. Frank (D-Mass.) and former Sen.

On June 8, S 575, an amendment which would have delayed price controls on debit card interchange fees by two years, failed to pass the Senate.  Interchange fees are small fees that retailers pay to debit card providers every time a card is swiped in their store. These fees compensate debit card providers for the use of their services.