The Hill News

The battle between banks and retailers over debit fee charges roiled the Senate this week with the banks losing the first round of the battle.

Not a surprising outcome given that since the Dodd-Frank financial services takeover bill passed last year, our nation’s big banks have effectively become nothing more than federal government vassals rather than private institutions. Naturally, the Senate feels it is their right to set the various fees that they can charge.

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