Banks such as JPMorgan, Citigroup and Wells Fargo have introduced new fees on the checking account service after the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill restricted banks from charging merchants processing fees on debit card transactions.
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Dick Durbin, backed by a strong bipartisan majority, added a provision to the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill to reform debit card swipe fees, which have long been fixed by Mastercard and Visa and hidden from consumers, who get stuck paying the resulting higher prices.
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The credit card industry suffered a strong fall in share prices during mid-May as regulation in the Dodd-Frank Financial Reform Bill potentially curbed debit card fees charged to retailers.
But the bulk of the RNC releases to the mainstream media this week focused on rising unemployment and the higher taxes and fees Democrats suggest to pay for health care reform.
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Lobbyists for plaintiffs and defendants have put generations of kids through college on fees paid to purse and oppose federal asbestos liability reform.
He told the BBC the legal fees had cost an "absolute fortune" and called for reform to make it possible for the less wealthy to protect their privacy.
By contrast, Mr Bercow's power to reform does not extend much beyond overseeing the Commons fees office, standing up for backbenchers and the opposition in debates, and using the speaker's chair as a bully pulpit.
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If university fees are giving the Liberal Democrats sleepless nights, in time prison reform may similarly disturb the Conservatives.
Mr Blair appeared to rule out the option this week when he said that reform would not mean parents having to pay thousands of pounds of fees up-front.
Mrs Kemp said she was also grateful for the support of the Libel Reform Campaign, and a campaign to raise money to cover the legal fees she has incurred so far.
It introduced university tuition fees and a bigger role for private providers in publicly funded health care, a reform that may, in time, dramatically alter the shape of the NHS. But the Blair-Brown rift stalled the reform process, and it more or less ceased during Mr Brown's three-year premiership.
It also included billions of dollars in fees, spread out over the next decade, on those industries to help pay for reform.
It may be overstating it slightly, but some commentators believe that "flunking" reform of adult social care may be to the Tories what the issue of tuition fees has been to the Liberal Democrats.
Financial reform legislation passed in 2010 offered some relief to merchants who have been struggling with rising swipe fees.
Senate Bill S23 addressing patent reform, recently passed by the Senate, contains a provision that would allow the USPTO to adjust its fees in order to recover its estimated costs.
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