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The fees banks charge to merchants have skyrocketed because people are making more purchases using their credit cards during the pandemic. Lawmakers can cap these fees before they further eat into retailers' profits.
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If we're going to get this economy moving with small businesses, they tend to borrow from these community banks doing down every day because of the regulatory burden. the fact they have to set aside reserves for mortgages. >> what you rolled back is going to help a lot more than just community banks. isn't that true, congressman? >> what we're rolling back. by the way, we are keeping durbin amendment on debit card fees, acknowledgeme menment -- >> big banks are going to get freedom to speculate because of what you rolled back. isn't that true, congressman? >> we are removing -- >> not just abo...
Use debit cards. this is retaliatory move on behalf of the banks. the consumer debit card fee and get back from the durbin amendment. >> brenda: is there anything wrong with it, though, anything wrong? >> the problem that you have in the market there isn't enough competition, what i think is really encouraging the new players are starting to come on the market who are getting around the payment systems so you don't have to have the sort of held up prices by visa and master card and the credit card companies, where it's getting interesting. >> that's what entrepreneurship is all about. >> absol...
in connecticut some 215,000 people remain without power, more than a week after that freak october snowstorm. connecticut light and power is promising 99% of their customers will have electricity by tomorrow night. this morning the governor said that a 99% threshold must be reached. >> anything less than 99% restored number is unacceptable. >> we'll get a live update on the swan the situation in connecticut later. five of the republican candidates spoke at the annual ronald reagan dinner end des moines. mitt romney and herman cain were no shows. rick perry drew applause with his pl...