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Dick Durbin: “Reform will actually help small businesses more than large businesses because debit rates will have to be related to the…”

On the recordJune 15, 2010
Reform will actually help small businesses more than large businesses because debit rates will have to be related to the banks' actual cost of issuing them.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin argues that the amendment benefits small businesses by lowering debit rates.

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