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Thank you republicans for screwing people;

“The Senate voted 52-48 on Thursday in favor of a resolution from Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott (R-S.C.) to repeal the rule. Scott had the gall to say that removing the CFPB’s cap on overdraft fees would be “good for consumers” while arguing for the resolution on the Senate floor.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), the only Republican to join Democrats in opposing the resolution, disagrees. “Why would we help the big banks at the expense of working people?” Hawley asked reporters following the vote, per Semafor. “I just don’t understand it.”

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/republicans-vote-repeal-cap-bank-overdraft-fees-1235304880/

Republicans Vote to Let Banks Screw Over Working Americans

Senate Republicans voted 52-48 to advance a repeal of a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule capping bank and credit union overdraft fees at $5.

Rolling Stone