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• CFA Applauds Senator Kohl for Substantially Increasing FDA Funding, 05/08/08
• BANKING REGULATORS TARGET CREDIT CARD ABUSES: Rules Take Positive First Step to Rein in Unjust Interest Rate Hikes and Billing Practices; Groups Call on Congress to Provide Additional Consumer Protections, 05/02/08
• Regulators’ Overdraft Proposal Falls Short: Fails to Protect Consumers from Unwanted Credit, 05/02/08
• NATIONWIDE STUDY OF AUTO INSURANCE REGULATION FINDS THAT CONSUMERS FARE BETTER IN STATES THAT PRE-APPROVE RATES, 04/24/08
• Ten Ways Drivers Can Cut Gasoline Costs and Gas Consumption: At $3.50 a Gallon, Typical Savings Can Be Up to 35 cents a Gallon, 04/21/08
• Consumers Want Fuel Economy They Can’t Find, 04/21/08
• 2007 CDC FoodNet Data Shows Seven Years of Failure and Thousands of Unnecessary Deaths, 04/11/08
• Consumer Advocates Urge IRS to Stop Tax Preparers from Using Confidential Tax Returns to Sell Refund Anticipation Loans and Other Products, 04/08/08
• Statement of the Consumer Federation of America in Response to the Department of the Treasury’s Blueprint for a Modernized Financial Regulatory Structure, 03/31/08
• CFA and NCLC Issue Annual Report on Refund Anticipation Loan Industry, 03/31/08
• Despite Supply Glut, Consumers Face Soaring Gasoline Prices, New Report Finds, 03/26/08
• CONSUMER FEDERATION MOURNS THE LOSS OF ITS CHAIRMAN, HOWARD M. METZENBAUM, 03/14/08
• Consumer Groups Call on New York Insurance Superintendent to End Overcharges that are Among the Worst in the Country, 03/06/08
• Consumer Groups Applaud Senate on Passage of Strong Bi-Partisan Product Safety Legislation, 03/06/08
• Consumer, Safety Groups Call Foul on False Attacks on Product Safety Reform Bill, 02/29/08

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• State Automobile Insurance Regulation: A National Quality Assessment and In-Depth Review of California’s Uniquely Effective Regulatory System , 04/24/08
• ENDING AMERICA’S OIL ADDICTION: A QUARTERLY REPORT ON CONSUMPTION, PRICES AND IMPORTS FIRST QUARTER, 2008, 04/21/08
• Coming Down: Fewer Refund Anticipation Loans, Lower Prices from Some Providers, But Quickie Tax Refund Loans Still Burden the Working Poor: The NCLC/CFA 2008 Refund Anticipation Loan Report, 03/31/08
• Rising Gasoline Prices: Why Can’t Consumers Catch a Break?, 03/26/08
• A CONSUMER ANALYSIS OF THE ADOPTION OF THE CALIFORNIA CLEAN CARS PROGRAM IN OTHER STATES: ARIZONA, 03/12/08

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• DR. MARK COOPER TESTIMONY ON THE FINANCIAL STATE OF THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY AND THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF A DELTA/NORTHWEST MERGER, 05/07/08
• Statement of Dr. Mark Cooper on Consumer Effects of Retail Gas Prices before the Judiciary Committee Antitrust Task Force , 05/07/08
• CFA URGES SUPPORT FOR FLOOD INSURANCE BILL (S. 2284), OPPOSES AMENDMENTS TO COVER WIND LOSSES OR TO OFFER SUBSIDIES TO INSURERS FOR CATASTROPHE INSURANCE, 05/06/08
• CFA Joins Broad Coalition to Support Miller-LaTourette Non-preemption Amendment to H.R. 5830, 05/06/08
• Consumer Federation, Consumers Union and Consumer Action Comments to FTC on ‘Mobile Marketing’, 05/02/08
• CFA Letter to Joint Economic Committee Regarding Rising Food Prices, 05/01/08
• Mark Cooper Testimony on The Strategic Petroleum Reserve before the Select Committee for Energy Independence and Global Warming, 04/24/08
• A Shared Agenda and Principles for Mortgage Market and Community Stabilization Policy, 04/23/08
• Statement of CFA’s Chris Waldrop on Alcohol Facts Label, 04/22/08
• CFA Joins Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and Others in Support of H.R. 3609 “The Emergency Home Ownership and Mortgage Equity Protection Act, 04/22/08
• Testimony of Travis Plunkett before Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee on H.R. 5244, The Credit Cardholders’ Bill of Rights, 04/17/08
• Stephen Brobeck Testimony on Improving Financial Literacy before House Financial Services Committee, 04/15/08
• CFA Opposes Advisory Committee Recommendations to Weaken Financial Reporting Requirements, 04/14/08
• CFA Comments on FDA Proposal to Weaken Standard for Listeria, 04/14/08
• RE: Behavioral Marketing Principles; CFA and CU Push FTC To Take Stronger Steps To Protect Consumer Privacy, 04/11/08
• CFA and Consumer Group Comments to Federal Reserve Board Regarding Proposed Regulations Relating to Unfair Trade Practices in Connection With Mortgage Lending, 04/10/08
• Comments Regarding IRS Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Guidance Regarding Marketing of Refund Anticipation Loans (RALs) and Certain Other Products in Connection with the Preparation of a Tax Return, 04/08/08
• Consumer Federation and Coalition Express Strong Support for Foreclosure Prevention and Sound Mortgage Servicing Act of 2008, 03/31/08
• CFA Comments on FSIS Proposal to Make Basic Changes in Processing and Slaughter Inspection, 03/24/08
• CFA Supports Farm Bill Language to Close Loophole Created by CFTC v. Zelener, 03/13/08
• Testimony of Dr. Mark Cooper on the State of the Airline Industry, 03/13/08
• Consumer and Civil Rights Organizations Commend Senator Menendez’s Introduction of the Credit Card Reform Act of 2008, 03/12/08
• Consumer, Safety Groups Strongly Oppose Vitter Amendment to CPSC Reform Act, 03/06/08
• Consumer, Safety Groups Support Cardin-Obama Amendment to CPSC Reform Act, 03/05/08
• Consumer, Safety Groups Support Feinstein Amendment to CPSC Reform Act, 03/05/08
• Testimony of Dr. Mark Cooper on Competition in Sports Programming, 03/05/08
• CFA Urges PCAOB to Withdraw Full Reliance Proposal, 03/04/08
• Consumer Groups Oppose DeMint Amendment to Consumer Product Safety Reform Act, 03/04/08

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