[CitizensTruth] Illinois PIRG: Throw the next strike against the credit card companies

[Hal Snyder]

I phoned Melissa Bean's office (IL-08). The person who answered would  
not give her name, said only she was a staffer. Tthe staffer checked  
and said Melissa Bean had voted for HR 5244 in committee and plans to  
support it. Melissa Bean is on the Subcommittee on Financial  
Institutions and Consumer Credit.

I found this when searching for more information.

= Congress helps the credit card companies roll their own customers =
<http://strategerie.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/congress-helps-the- 
credit-card-companies-roll-their-own-customers/>

The Credit Cardholder Bill of Rights passed committee as stated in  
the PIRG email.
<http://www.affil.org/legislation/hr5244>

On Sep 22, 2008, at 3:01 PM, Daniel Stafford wrote:


> Brian Imus, Illinois PIRG State Director wrote:

>> Hi Daniel,

>>

>> Until this year, the banks had never lost a vote. But they lost a  

>> key committee vote on the tough Credit Cardholders Bill of Rights.  

>> The bill would make their worst practices illegal. That vote was  

>> strike one.

>>

>> And thanks to your e-mails last week, Speaker Pelosi has agreed to  

>> schedule a historic floor vote on the Credit Cardholders Bill of  

>> Rights for this week -- before Congress leaves for campaign trail.

>>

>> Your call to your representative could be strike two.

>> http://www.uspirg.org/action/credit-cards/pass-the-bill-of-rights? 

>> id4=ES

>>

>> Every once in a while, when a vote is imminent and expected to be  

>> close, we ask you to go the extra mile and call Congress. This is  

>> one of those times.

>> Your representative needs to hear from you today, because he or  

>> she is already hearing from the credit card companies -- and they  

>> hate to lose.

>> But the tide is turning. Take the editorial in last week's New  

>> York Times. "For all of these candidates who keep talking about  

>> helping the ordinary American, this should be an easy one. Get  

>> behind the Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights now, before the  

>> election."

>>

>> Your calls could be the extra push that Congress needs.

>> It's time to throw strike two and pass the Credit Cardholders'  

>> Bill of Rights through the U.S. House.

>>

>> We'll walk you through how to do it on our Web site:

>> http://www.uspirg.org/action/credit-cards/pass-the-bill-of-rights? 

>> id4=ES

>>

>> Thanks in advance for taking action.

>>

>> Sincerely,

>> Brian Imus

>> Illinois PIRG State Director

>> BrianI at illinoispirg.org

>> http://www.IllinoisPIRG.org

>>