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Here you will find alerts and information on anti-consumer attacks by politicians and corporations seeking to undermine those basic American rights that help safeguard you and your family against medical negligence, insurance schemes and other anti-consumer initiatives. It is up to all of us to stand up and take action against these assaults - your letters to Congress and postcards sent to friends can help make all the difference!

Support the Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act Mandatory binding arbitration clauses are inherently unfair to consumers, and they have been popping up in nursing home contracts across the country. Facilities fail to reveal what these clauses mean to their residents and often hide them in required paperwork. What the nursing homes aren't telling you is that should a dispute arise because your loved one is neglected, harmed or injured, this clause would bar you from holding the facility accountable in a court of law.  HR 6126, the Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act, will correct this injustice. Read About the Real Life Consequences of Mandatory Arbitration in Nursing Home Contracts Get the Facts About Mandatory Binding Arbitration

Protect Americans from Unsafe Foreign Products Imports from foreign manufacturers have caused great harm to Americans.  HR 5913, The Protecting Americans from Unsafe Foreign Products Act, will close the loophole that presently allows foreign manufacturers to skirt U.S. law.  Ask you Representative to cosponsor HR 5913 today – and hold foreign manufacturers to the same product safety standards as U.S. manufacturers.

Support The Arbitration Fairness Act of 2007
Binding Mandatory Arbitration stacks the deck against average Americans trying to hold powerful interests accountable when they have been hurt through no fault of their own.  Even worse, it forces consumers to give up their rights before a dispute even occurs.  Tell your elected officials to Cosponsor the Arbitration Fairness Act.

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The SEC Should Protect Investors, Not Greedy CEOs
Congress has a responsibility to make sure the SEC is fulfilling its mission – protecting American investors – and not protecting big business.  Don’t let Congress forget that just over 5 years ago the “accounting failures” at Enron, WorldCom, Adelphia and others cost the United States over $5 trillion in market value – or roughly $60,000 per household. 

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Unelected Bureaucrats Are Restricting Your Rights
Federal Agencies are threatening to usurp Congressional Authority to protect the health and safety of Americans by using "Regulatory Preemption."  The effects can be devastating for everyday Americans, because it strips Congress and the states of their abilities to protect American citizens, and denies citizens the right to get justice through the courts.

Urge your Member of Congress to fight for the right of the states to protect the health and safety of their citizens, rather than allowing federal law and the federal courts to override the states’ ability to perform this important duty. It is especially shameful when the federal law in question allows powerful corporations and their CEOs to increase their profits at the expense of American lives.