Taxes & Your Money

Income, Taxes & Your Money Committee

3/9: Senate Banking & Mortgage Deregulation

Provisions in S. 2155 would weaken important consumer protections, undermine the independence of the CFPB as our nation’s chief consumer protection watchdog, and go well beyond the bill’s stated purpose of providing regulatory relief to small financial institutions.

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Income, Taxes & Your Money Committee

10/3 – 10/5: Oppose Congressional Budget With Cuts To Medicare, Medicaid, Public Education & Social Safety Net

House Republicans have proposed a budget that dramatically cuts funding for Medicaid, Medicare, Meals on Wheels, and Social Security disability programs. If this budget is passed, middle and working-class Americans will suffer,

Income, Taxes & Your Money

9/11: Trump’s Proposed Budget

Suggested Member Script: “Hi, my name is . . . . , and I live in Durango, CO 81301.  I object to President Trump’s Proposed Budget because it’s cutting domestic programs we need the most, while giving the wealthiest corporations and families a big tax cut,

Income, Taxes & Your Money

7/24: Interference with Consumer Financial Protection Bureau “Arbitration Rule”

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized a rule to prohibit banks and lenders that break the law from stripping customers of the right to join together and hold them accountable in class action lawsuits. The CFPB rule fulfills a Congressional directive in Dodd-Frank tasking it to study forced arbitration,

Income, Taxes & Your Money

5/31: H.R. 10 Dismantles the Dodd-Frank Act

H.R. 10 would dismantle the 2010 Wall Street reform legislation, known as the Dodd-Frank Act. This law created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), an agency committed to protecting consumers and making sure that banks, lenders, and other financial institutions treat you fairly.

Income, Taxes & Your Money Committee

5/4: Consumer Protection & Banking Regulations

H.R. 10 would dismantle the 2010 Wall Street reform legislation, known as the Dodd-Frank Act. This law created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), an agency committed to protecting consumers and making sure that banks, lenders, and other financial institutions treat you fairly.