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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.

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  August 15, 2026

  • Policy Brief

    Regulation Without Disclosure

    What the GAO’s review of the NAIC means for insurance consumers.

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  July 29, 2026

  • Op-Ed

    The Costly Campaign to Politicize Bank Charters

    Washington is locked in a high-stakes duel over the future of American banking. On July 21, leaders of the House Financial Services Committee—including Chairman French Hill and Subcommittee Chairman Andy Barr—pressed the Federal Reserve to end…

    Originally published inRealClearMarkets

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  July 28, 2026

  • Coalition Letter

    SPPI Joins Coalition Urging Senate Judiciary Committee to Reject the American Innovation and Choice Online Act

    The letter asks Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Ranking Member Dick Durbin to reject the American Innovation and Choice Online Act.

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  June 11, 2026

  • Op-Ed

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

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

    Originally published inAmerican Banker

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  June 10, 2026

  • Policy Brief

    Housing Shock: The Cost of Investor Ownership Bans

    A prohibition on institutional investors could destabilize housing markets, but a targeted exemption can protect homeowners and renters.

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  February 24, 2026

  • Op-Ed

    Sue-Pervised Retirement

    Rampant litigation against 401(k) sponsors is narrowing employees’ investment choices and eroding their retirement wealth.

    Originally published inNational Review

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  February 19, 2026

  • White Paper No. 8

    1033 Error, Rule Not Sound

    The CFPB’s open-banking mandate endangers consumers.

    Patrick M. Brenner and Lucas J. Parker  |  November 24, 2025

  • Op-Ed

    New Mexico knows Trump’s BLM nominee. Back away.

    Former New Mexico Republican chairman Steve Pearce is the opposite of what the complex agency needs.

    Originally published inThe Washington Post

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  November 18, 2025

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    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?

    Originally published inRealClearMarkets

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  November 6, 2025

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