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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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At the time, the vast majority of cases concerned the provision of ballot access to black voters in Southern states.
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But if those who want a little sun to shine into the crannies of these secretive groups could get around Trent Lott, the Senate majority leader who opposed the provision, they couldn't maneuver around Tom DeLay, the House Republican whip who has close ties to three such outfits.
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