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June
2000
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6/30/00
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President
Signs "Electronic Signatures" Bill Into
Law
Washington, DC
Office
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6/28/00
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Low-Cost
Auto Insurance Pilot Programs To Begin On July
1
West Coast
Regional Office
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6/27/00
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Consumers
Union Supports Department Of Justice Suit To Block
Worldcom-Sprint Merger
Washington, DC
Office
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6/27/00
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Consumers
Union Urges Congress To Defeat H.R. 4680 -- "The
Medicare Rx 2000 Act"
Washington, DC
Office
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6/26/00
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Consumers
Union Asks Federal Trade Commission To Investigate
Ownership Links Between AT&T And AOL-Time
Warner
Washington,
DC Office
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6/23/00
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Statement
On AT&T's New Calling Plans For "Low Volume
Users"
Washington, DC
Office
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6/22/00
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Consumers
Union Urges Congress To Address Consumers' Medicare
Prescription Drug Needs
Washington,
DC Office
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6/16/00
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Bell
Atlantic-GTE Merger Means Less Likelihood Of
Broad-Based Phone
Competition
Washington, DC
Office
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6/15/00
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Key
Decisions On Payday Loans, Insurance Redlining
Anticipated On Friday
Southwest
Regional Office
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6/14/00
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Electronic
Signature Bill Nears Approval By Congress,
President
Washington, DC
Office
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6/8/00
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Consumers
Union Praises EPA Decision on
Chlorpyrifos
Washington, DC
Office
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6/8/00
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Consumers
Union Urges the Senate to Pass the Norwood/Dingell
Bill NOW
Washington, DC
Office
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6/6/00
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Consumers
Union Report: Pesticide Residues Still Too High In
Children's Foods
Washington, DC
Office
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6/5/00
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Consumers
Union: FCC Approval Of AT&T - MediaOne "Defies
Logic"
Washington, DC
Office
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May
2000
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5/13/00
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Senate
Approves Bill To Protect Consumers From Payday Loan
Abuses
West Coast
Regional Office
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5/25/00
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Federal
Court Grants Summary Judgment Victory To Consumers
Union, Publisher Of Consumer
Reports
Consumers
Union
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5/25/00
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Consumers
Union Pleased That NHTSA Has Proposed Help For
Consumers On Vehicle Rollover
Problem
Consumers
Union
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5/24/00
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United
- US Airways Merger Poses Potential Problems For
Consumer Choice, Prices, And
Service
Washington,
DC Office
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5/22/00
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Tougher
Internet Privacy Rules Would Help Consumers, Boost
Confidence In E-Commerce
Washington,
DC Office
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5/19/00
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Court
Ruling On Cable Ownership A "Huge Victory" For
Consumers
Washington,
DC Office
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5/18/00
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Report:
Texas No. 1 In Livestock Waste
Pollution
Southwest
Regional Office
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5/18/00
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Establecimientos
Ganaderos Contaminan El Medio Ambiente En Texas
Más Que En Cualquier Otro
Estado
Southwest
Regional Office
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5/16/00
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Assembly
Consumer Protection Committee Passes Weak Payday
Loan Bill
West Coast
Regional Office
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5/12/00
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Important
Texas Decision on Insurance Redlining
Data
Southwest
Regional Office
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5/12/00
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Judge
Orders Nationwide To Release Insurance Redlining
Data
Southwest
Regional Office
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5/10/00
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Consumers
Union Urges Congress To Approve Meaningful Medicare
Prescription Drug Plan
Washington,
DC Office
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5/10/00
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Consumer
And Public Interest Groups Blast Federal Regulators
For Plans To Delay Privacy
Rules
Washington, DC
Office
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5/9/00
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Senate
Judiciary Committee Passes Bill To Protect
Consumers From Payday Loan
Abuses
West Coast
Regional Office
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5/4/00
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Federal
Judge Enters Judgment In Consumers Union's
Favor
Consumers
Union
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5/3/00
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Consumers
Union Labels FDA's New Policy For Genetically
Engineered Foods
"Disappointing"
Washington, DC
Office
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April
2000
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4/30/00
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President
Clinton's Financial Privacy Proposal "An Important
Plan To Help Consumers"
Washington, DC
Office
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4/28/00
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Consumers
Union's Statement On Federal Decision To Reduce
Stringency Of Air Bag Tests
Washington, DC
Office
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4/28/00
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Finance
Commission To Re-Publish Rules Allowing Payday
Loans
Southwest
Regional Office
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4/26/00
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Consumer
And Public Interest Groups Ask FCC To Block
AOL-Time Warner Merger
Washington, DC
Office
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4/25/00
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Hispanos
En Texas Sufren Índice Desproporcionadamente
Alto De Rechazo Al Solicitar Préstamos De
Hipotecas
Southwest
Regional Office
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4/20/00
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Report:
Texas Economic Growth Fails To Improve Loan
Availability For Low Income, Minority Home
Buyers
Southwest
Regional Office
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4/20/00
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Austin's
Home Loan Denial Ratio For Minorities Among Highest
In Texas
Southwest
Regional Office
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4/14/00
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Consumers
Union Cleared Of Liability In Isuzu v.
CU
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4/13/00
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Consumers
Union Supports Amusement Park Safety
Bill
Washington, DC
Office
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4/11/00
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Assembly
Banking Committee Passes Weak Payday Loan
Bill
West Coast
Regional Office
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4/11/00
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Aetna
Settlement May Be Standard Bearer For Improved
Managed Care Consumer
Protection
Southwest
Regional Office
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4/11/00
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School-Based
Outreach Ideal For Enrolling Uninsured Children,
New Report Finds
West Coast
Regional Office
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4/4/00
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Should
Schools Allow Companies Into The Classroom To
Collect Personal Information From
Children?
Washington, DC
Office
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March
2000
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3/31/00
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Texas
Proposal Would Raise Payday Loan Interest Rates To
'Unconscionable Levels'
Southwest
Regional Office
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3/28/00
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Consumer
Groups Denounce Approval Of Wisconsin Blue Cross
Conversion Plan
West Coast
Regional Office
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3/24/00
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Consumers
Union Urges Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner To
Reject Blue Cross Conversion
Plan
West Coast
Regional Office
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3/23/00
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Consumer
Groups Urge Lawmakers To Adopt Strong Financial
Privacy Legislation
West Coast
Regional Office
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3/23/00
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Kentucky
Heading the Wrong Way With Charitable Trust
Legislation (op-ed)
West Coast
Regional Office
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3/22/00
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Statement
By Consumers Union About Federal Reserve Chairman
Greenspan's Criticism Of Predatory
Lending
Washington, DC
Office
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3/20/00
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Telephone
Companies' "Calls" Plan Does Not Live Up To
Promises
Washington, DC
Office
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3/17/00
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Assessing
the Impact of Speed Limit Increases on Fatal
Interstate Crashes
(report)
Consumers
Union, OPI
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3/10/00
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Consumer
Groups Charge That Blue Cross Conversion Plan Fails
To Distribute Charitable Assets Fairly
West Coast
Regional Office
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3/8/00
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State
Farm Loses On Attempt To Block Disclosure Of
Insurance Redlining Data
West Coast
Regional Office
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3/2/00
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Supreme
Court Rules For The Public In Redlining Case:
High court praised for upholding government
openness and
accountability
Southwest
Regional Office
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February
2000
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2/28/00
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Consumer
Groups Challenge AOL and AT&T's Open Access
Promises
Washington, DC
Office
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2/22/00
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Consumers
Union Supports Genetically Engineered Food Labeling
Bill Sponsored By U.S. Senator Barbara
Boxer
West Coast
Regional Office
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2/18/00
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Texas
Finance Commission moves to legalize "payday" loans
in Texas
Southwest
Regional Office
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2/17/00
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Fresno
Superior Court Rejects Insurance Companies' Request
To Keep Redlining Data
Secret
West Coast
Regional Office
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2/16/00
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Consumers
Union Asks Congress For Consumer Protections In
E-Commerce "Digital Signatures"
Bill
Washington, DC
Office
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2/3/00
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Statement
By Consumers Union On Privacy Rules Proposed By
Federal Regulators
Washington, DC
Office
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2/2/00
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Consumers
Union Says Senate-Approved Bankruptcy Bill Caters
To Credit Card Companies And Hurts Families Working
To Repay Debt
Washington, DC
Office
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January
2000
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1/31/00
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Consumer
And Business Groups Join To Push Federal Government
To Cut Telephone Prices
Washington,
DC Office
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1/25/00
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Public
Gets Practical Advice on Gaining Access to
Government Records
Southwest
Regional Office
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1/24/00
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Community
Groups Applaud Attorney General's Opposition To
QueensCare Foundation's Attempt To Change Its
Charter
West Coast
Regional Office
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1/20/99
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Consumers
Union Names Michael McCauley As Media Director For
West Coast Regional Office
West
Coast Regional Office
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1/19/00
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Groups
Ask Texas Supreme Court To Reject Insurers'
Attempts To Keep Data Secret
(media advisory)
Southwest
Regional Office
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1/10/00
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Consumer
Groups Respond To AOL-Time Warner
Deal
Washington,
DC Office
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1/4/00
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Bell
Atlantic Offers NY Customers Flat-Rate
Long-Distance Plan
Washington, DC
Office
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