Richard Durbin actually said...

the complexity of categories, and the multiple fee levels within those categories, frequently serves to 'downgrade' transactions into higher...

But $8 billion worth of buying power in the Federal Government is not enough to entice them to give the taxpayers a similar break?

I sponsored an amendment in the Senate that would require debit interchange fees to be set at a reasonable level.

The Senate paid attention to this outpouring of support when it passed Senator Durbin's Amendment to the financial reform bill with a bipart...