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The Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act of 2009 is a federal statute passed by the United States Congress and signed by U.S. President Barack Obama on May 22, 2009. It is a comprehensive credit card reform legislation that aims "to establish fair and transparent practices relating to the extension of credit under ...
Presidential campaigns. v. t. e. Barack Obama sponsored 147 bills from January 4, 2005 until November 16, 2008. Two became law. [ 1] This figure does not include bills to which Obama contributed as cosponsor, such as the Coburn-Obama Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 or the Lugar-Nunn Cooperative Proliferation ...
Following the Senate's lead, the House passed a bill this afternoon designed to help credit card customers by limiting fees and penalties. President Barack Obama could sign it into law as soon as ...
In order to push the Credit Card Act quickly onto President Obama's desk, the House of Representatives passed the Senate's version of the credit card reform bill yesterday with 361 representatives ...
The Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 ( H.R. 1105, Pub. L. 111–8 (text) (PDF)) is an Act for the United States government that combines bills funding the operations of each of the Cabinet departments, except Defense, Homeland Security, and Veteran Affairs into a single appropriation bill. It was signed into law by President Barack Obama on ...
President Obama and top economic adviser Lawrence Summers are preparing to take on the credit card industry and its abusive practices -- including surprise rate hikes on on-time customers, at the ...
Signed into law by President Barack Obama on August 7, 2014. The Veterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2014 ( H.R. 3230; Pub. L. 113–146 (text) (PDF) ), also known as the Veterans Choice Act, is a United States public law that is intended to address the ongoing Veterans Health Administration scandal ...
The Senate passed a measure intended to keep credit card companies from sneaking higher rates and penalties onto unsuspecting consumers. But if this bill passes into law by Memorial Day, there's a ...