Action Alert: CAP abortion bill in the House today

Your work is not done now that Governor Jan Brewer has vetoed the Religious Bigotry bill from Cathi Herrod and the Center for Arizona Policy (CAP). The Committee of the Whole (COW) in the House is debating the CAP bill for surprise inspections of abortion clinics,HB 2284 (.pdf) TODAY. This bill is really about harassing … Read more

Breaking: Congressman Ed Pastor to retire from Congress

Arizona’s senior member of Congress, Ed Pastor, announced today that he is retiring from Congress. Thank you for your years of service, Ed. After 23 years in Congress serving the people of Arizona, I have decided that I will not seek re-election this year. It has been a great honor and experience, but it is … Read more

Action Alert: consumer installment loan bill in the House will hurt consumers

There is a “consumer lender loans” bill that has made it through the House Rules Committee after approval by the House Finance Committee, HB 2526 (.pdf). It is on the Committee of the Whole (COW) Calendar #10 for TODAY. Contact your legislators to oppose this bill:

From the House Summary of the bill:

HB 2526 modifies the finance charge structure of consumer lender loans and increases the loan origination fee cap.

Current statute prohibits a licensee from paying a fee, commission or bonus, or give anything of value to any merchant, dealer, consumer, or other person in connection with attracting applicants or referring business, with exceptions (A.R.S. § 6-611).

Provisions

·          Increases the cap on loan origination fees to $150.

·          Allows a licensee to pay a fee, commission or bonus, or give anything of value to any merchant, dealer, consumer, or other person for referring business in an amount of up to $100 per completed loan.

·          Allows a licensee to give a consumer any prize, good, wear, merchandise, or tangible property in an aggregated amount of up to $25.

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We really dodged a bullet there

So Brewer vetoed the very bad no good Center for Arizona Policy bill, with the attention of the world on her, and of course we must all contact her and thank her, for Republicans must be praised effusively like good doggies who haven’t soiled the rug on those rare occasions they do the right thing. … Read more