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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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RealClearMarkets: My Retirement Accounts Fail In the World I Actually Live In

The rich already invest this way. Workers should be allowed to as well.

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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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SPPI Opposes Steve Pearce’s BLM Nomination

The Institute warns that the Pearce nomination could undermine western land management

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Modernizing the Bank Secrecy Act: Cutting Red Tape and Ending Debanking

Congress must update the Bank Secrecy Act for the 21st century…

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American Banker: Out of One, Many

As CFPB retreats, the new danger is a jumble of state-level mandates.

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Expanding 401(k) Access to Private Markets

Why America’s workers deserve the same investment opportunities as public pensions.