WASHINGTON - Swipe fee reform is under attack by the banking industry and you must take action must to thwart these efforts.
In the U.S. Senate, S. 575, and its House companion bill, H.R. 1081, are garnering support from members of Congress who support delaying swipe fee reform and allowing the banks to continue to fix prices on debit card swipe fees ?" while hurting merchants and consumers.
If your members of Congress are supporting these bills, let them know how disappointed you are and ask if they will reconsider their position:
S. 575 in the Senate...
Jon Tester (D-MT)
Bob Corker (R-TN)
Tom Carper (D-DE)
Pat Roberts (R-KS)
Christopher Coons (D-DE)
Mike Lee (R-UT)
Ben Nelson (D-NE)
Jon Kyl (R-AZ)
Pat Toomey (R-PA)
John Thune (R-SD)
Tom Coburn (R-OK)
Claire McCaskill (D-MO)
Max Baucus (D-MT)
Daniel Akaka (D-HI) |
H.R. 1081 in the House...
Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)
Debbie Wasserman-Shultz (D-FL)
Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO)
James Renacci (R-OH)
Ed Perlmutter (D-CO)
Jeb Hensarling (R-TX)
Ed Royce (R-CA)
Quico Canseco (R-TX)
Randy Neugebauer (R-TX)
Michele Bachmann (R-MN)
Gregory Meeks (D-NY)
Tom McClintock (R-CA)
John Carney (D-DE)
Bob Gibbs (R-NY)
Gary Peters (R-MI)
Wally Herger (R-CA)
Kenny Marchant (R-TX)
Mike Kelly (R-PA)
Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD)
Jason Chaffetz (R-UT)
Larry Kissell (R-NC)
Gary Miller (R-CA)
Dale Kildee (R-MI)
Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY)
Jared Polis (D-CO)
Gerry Connolly (D-VA)
Bill Owens (R-NY)
Lynn Woolsey (D-CA)
Albio Sires (D-NJ)
Scott Tipton (R-CO)
Pete Sessions (R-TX)
Dan Burton (R-IN)
Henry Johnson (D-GA)
Jo Bonner (R-AL)
Jeffrey Landry (R-LA)
Grace Napolitano (D-CA)
Nick Rahall (D-WV)
Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
Joseph Crowley (D-NY)
Virginia Foxx (R-NC)
Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM) |
Members of Congress must hear from you ?" reach out to your senators and representatives and urge them to preserve swipe fee relief for merchants and consumers and to reject the banking industry's efforts to roll back reforms.
We encourage you to edit the following swipe fees reform letter (see below) by including information about your business and the devastating effect of swipe fees on your company. We encourage you to include your store(s) name(s), the number of stores you operate, how many employees you have and how much swipe fees cost your company annually.
Show your legislators that swipe fee reform is important to you. Send your letter now.