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Senate Shoots Down Rate Caps on Credit Cards

By | 05.13.09 | 6:05 pm

To no one’s surprise, the Senate on Wednesday killed a proposal to cap credit card rates at 15 percent. The count was 33 to 60 on a procedural vote to allow the bill to proceed.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who sponsored the amendment, said the proposal would “end usury More…