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9 Jan 2016   | Campaign Updates Above photo: Above Photo: Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.), dressed as Sherlock Holmes, looks at Roxy the “TPP Tracker” bloodhound outside the Capitol on Oct. 29, 2015. Many House Democrats and advocacy groups have deemed...

FCC must resist industry pressure to unleash incessant robocalls to student loan borrowers and their relatives and neighbors WASHINGTON, D.C. —  Consumer advocates today urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to turn down debt collection...

(Jenn and Tony Bot) Under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, companies can’t robocall you on your cellphone unless you’ve given them prior consent to contact you at that number. Now the banking industry is trying to gain exemptions for this rule...

When you think of First Amendment disputes, your mind probably conjures images of protestors, or investigative journalism, or maybe you think of the never-ending debate over where to draw the line between obscenity and protected forms of expression....

Today, Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) released the following statement after leading 172 representatives in sending a letter to House Leadership urging that no divisive policy provisions be included in the 2017 appropriations bills...