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Report: Fifty-Five Percent

Senator Elizabeth Warren’s own evidence explains the price she objects to and why blocking charters would shrink credit for the households most in need.

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SPPI Joins Coalition: Judge Bank Applications on the Statute, Not the Comment File

A new SPPI report supplies the evidentiary record: 68 million Americans live in counties with no community bank headquarters, and rate caps move credit up the income ladder rather than lowering its price.

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Report: Application Pending

68 million votes for more banks: how the campaign to politicize bank charters shrinks credit for households.

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SPPI Files Amicus Brief Defending Federal Reserve’s Debit Card Fee Protections

For Immediate ReleaseJune 18, 2026 [email protected] Washington, DC—The Southwest Public Policy Institute (SPPI), alongside the Pinpoint Policy Institute and the Taxpayers Protection Alliance Foundation (TPAF), announced today the filing of a joint amicus curiae brief in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky for the case Linney’s Pizza v. Board of Governors […]

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American Banker: ‘For Heaven’s sake, stop it’ DIDMCA opt outs harm interstate commerce

State-level DIDMCA opt-outs threaten to fragment the national credit market.

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The Washington Times: The dangers of credit card populism

Capping interest rates won’t create a fairer system.

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SPPI Files Amicus Brief Supporting the Federal Reserve in Major Debit Card Case

A major federal court case could reshape debit card economics nationwide, impacting payment security, reliability, and everyday consumer transactions.

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Corner Post v. Federal Reserve: What’s Really at Stake in the Durbin Debacle

Price controls could disrupt debit and credit card transactions nationwide, reshaping everyday payments.

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Fox News: Trump’s 50-year mortgage just introduces a new kind of debt

50-year loan terms would triple total debt while government regulations continue driving up building costs

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RealClearMarkets: Stablecoin Rewards Are the Shortcut to Financial Trouble

Why should Congress uphold the GENIUS Act’s ban on stablecoin rewards to prevent digital money from becoming digital debt?