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Buyer Beware: The US House of Representatives voted to overturn a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule designed to prevent auto lenders from charging higher fees based on race, national origin, or credit score. To make it happen, Republicans used the Congressional Review Act — a 1996 law giving Congress the authority to rescind executive branch regulations within 60 working days. Photo credit: Daniel Oines / Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

More Consumer Protection Overturned

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