Capitol Hill Update: May 7, 2018
The House and Senate are in session this week.
Coalition Letter: Support Congressional Disapproval of CFPB’s Small-Dollar Loan Rule
FreedomWorks has signed onto the following coalition letter, led by the Competitive Enterprise Institute. This letter supports House Joint Resolution 122, which provides for congressional disapproval under the…
Key Vote YES on H.J.Res. 111 to Cancel CFPB’s Giveaway to Trial Lawyers
On behalf of FreedomWorks’ activist community, I urge you to contact your senators and ask them to vote YES on H.J.Res. 111. FreedomWorks Foundation drove more than 15,000 responses to…
Key Vote YES on H.J.Res. 111 to Cancel CFPB’s Giveaway to Trial Lawyers
On behalf of FreedomWorks’ activist community, I urge you to contact your representative and ask him or her to vote YES on H.J.Res. 111. FreedomWorks Foundation drove more than 15,000…
Capitol Hill Update: July 24, 2017
The House and Senate are in session this week.
Support S. 370 and H.R. 1031 to Abolish the CFPB
On behalf of our activist community, I urge you to contact your senators and representative and ask them to support legislation to abolish the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and to…
Support the Agency Accountability Act, H.R. 850
On behalf of FreedomWorks’ activist community, I urge you to contact your representative and ask him or her to co-sponsor the Agency Accountability Act, H.R. 850, introduced by Rep. Gary…
The CFPB is Unconstitutional
Yesterday, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit officially ruled that the structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is unconstitutional, a criticism that has been leveled…
New Regulations Threaten Innovative Methods of Payment
On Wednesday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized new rules on certain types of increasingly popular new payment methods. While primarily aimed at prepaid debit cards, the regulations…
Oppose the Obama Administration’s New Rules That Eliminate Financial Options for Low Income Americans
An estimated 10-12 million customers in the United States use short-term loan products each year. These customers tend to be lower income, the type of people who often cannot…