Senate passes credit card overhaul bill

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted on Tuesday to prohibit credit card companies from arbitrarily raising a person's interest rate and charging many of the exorbitant fees that have become customary -- and crippling -- to cash-strapped consumers.

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