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On the recordJune 8, 2010
I might also tell you that in the course of having passed this amendment, much to the surprise and chagrin of the credit card companies, there is now a full-court press to try to change it, which is their right.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin comments on the credit card companies' reaction to a passed amendment.

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