Regulatory brawl over debit cards sidesteps the real fee-setters: card companies

By Amy Biegelsen

Lobbying brawl sidesteps the real fee-setters: card companies

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"… g fees, aggressive competition between Visa and MasterCard to win banks’ business has helped keep swipe fees high and resulted in an annual $16 billion bona …"

"… card companies helped drive up fees over the years, in part because their business interests are more aligned with banks than with retailers.“This system i …"

"… ly Congress should not have waded into because it’s choosing between two business interests,” said Ed Mills, a Washington policy analyst with FBR Capital …"

Climate facts — and fancy

By Chris Hamby

Truth and fiction, from God’s role to the culpability of cows

Excerpts from this story referencing "U.S. Supreme Court":

"… ide range of air pollutants that could endanger public health.In 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that greenhouse gases are pollutants under the Clean Air Act.  …"

'Clean' natural gas adding to climate change

By Chris Hamby and Jim Morris

As climate change gases decline, data reveals natural gas increase

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"… of greenhouse gases contributing to climate change also comes as the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments today on whether citizens and state officials can file “ …"

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During Mitch Daniels’ decade at Eli Lilly, the drug giant paid billions in fines and settled thousands of lawsuits

By Joanne Kenen and Rochelle Sharpe

Eli Lilly paid billions in fines, settled thousands of lawsuits while Daniels was an executive at the drug giant

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"… rt ruled last fall that the plaintiffs could not sue Lilly as a class. The U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether it will take the case. Zyprexa, which generate …"

Buyer beware

By David Heath

New consumer agency powerless against dishonest auto lending practices

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"… ied to strengthen these statutes but the legislature is not listening.”A U.S. Supreme Court decision underscored how paltry the penalties can be when car dealers …"

Broken elections, stolen votes

By Susan Q. Stranahan

Were the chaotic presidential elections of 2000 and 2004 an anomaly or a harbinger of things to come this November? Is democracy, as Karl Ro

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"… since the 2000 presidential election was decided by a 5-4 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court.Since shortly after taking the White House in 2001, the Bush administratio …"

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DHS report in 2009 warned of "lone wolf" attacks

By Aaron Mehta

Two years before the Tucson massacre, the Department of Homeland Security warned in a report that right wing extremism was on the rise and c

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"… he NRA’s amicus brief regarding the Washington, D.C., gun ban. After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the ban, she described the decision as “a common sense decisi …"

Who funds independent expenditure ads?

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

The story of this election is the role of outside money. Undisclosed donations have provided millions of dollars for independent expenditure

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"… ng run by trade associations and political non-profit groups.But while the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision largely frees …"

“Founders” rally for change in election finance

Led by actors dressed as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin and Betsy Ross, two good-government groups today sought to draw a

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"… nions and other groups spend on independent campaign ads made legal by the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ruling .The proposed bi …"

House considers proposal to eliminate all federal campaign contribution limits

After months of false starts and compromises, the House today was set to begin debating a Democratic bill that would make it clear how much

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"… ions, and other groups spend on independent campaign ads made legal by the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ruling. As part of the …"

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