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| ('huffpost.com/entry/2011-congress_n_1171706', 32)                                     | For six months , the Senate argued over how to carve up >>>$ 16 billion a year in debit card swipe fees<<< between Wall Street banks and the American retail industry .                                                                                                                                                                  |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/alternate-engine-killed-alive-again_n_857103', 9)                 | The lobbying battle over the alternate engine puts extremely well-funded corporate interests on opposing sides -- a match-up thatCongress spends >>>a disproportionate amount<<< of its time refereeing .                                                                                                                                |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/bank-of-america-debit-card-fee_n_1069425', 0)                     | WASHINGTON -- Bank of America has abandoned plans to begin charging >>>debit card holders<<< five dollars a month to use their cards , a proposal which drew intense consumer and political backlash since announced in late September .                                                                                                 |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/bank-of-america-debit-card-fee_n_1069425', 5)                     | The company 's move may bring the closing chapter to >>>a public relations campaign from major U.S. banks that has lasted more than a year<<< , during which financial titans insisted that last year 's Wall Street reform bill had made debit cards unprofitable for banks , forcing them to charge new monthly fees .                 |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/bank-of-america-debit-card-fee_n_1069425', 37)                    | Merchants have long claimed the fees >>>banks charge retailers for the privilege of accepting plastic<<< are exorbitant , noting that electronic debit card swipes are cheaper to process than paper checks , and that banks did n't charge them debit fees for several years .                                                          |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/bank-of-america-debit-card-fee_n_1069425', 38)                    | When banks first introduced debit cards -- which allow consumers to withdraw funds electronically , >>>saving financial institutions significant cash<<< -- they came free of any fees .                                                                                                                                                 |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/bank-of-america-fee_n_992623', 7)                                 | The Chicago Tribune , Durbin 's home state paper , dubbed the BofA charge " the Durbin fee , " which conservative blogs and Republicans have been happy to latch onto , arguing that the hike was a logical consequence of Durbin 's >>>swipe fee reform<<< , which capped the fees banks could charge merchants for using debit cards . |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/bank-of-america-fee_n_992623', 47)                                | One day before the Senate was expected to vote on delaying swipe fee reform in June , Chase >>>went one step further<<< : Thanks to the Durbin amendment , thousands of Chase customers were warned , your kid can forget about that trip to Disney World . "                                                                            |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/dark-money-2014-election_n_5807618', 43)                          | Americans for Job Security , a routine ally of the retail industry , supported rules >>>limiting swipe fees<<< imposed on stores for customer debit card purchases in 2011 , and backs the current proposal to allow states to impose a sales tax on online purchases .                                                                  |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/debit-card-fee-swipe-fee_n_873015', 45)                           | Check below for live updates or take a moment to read our ( >>>very long ) take<<< on what this fight says about the current state of Washington politics .                                                                                                                                                                              |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/democracy-inequality_n_58f64536e4b0b9e9848ed9b7', 46)             | With the economy in the doldrums , the Senate spent more than six months >>>battling<<< over debit-card swipe fees , a fringe conflict between retailers and banks that had little to do with economic recovery .                                                                                                                        |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/google-antitrust-microsoft-war_n_976804', 99)                     | All year , Google has been papering Washington with lobbying contracts and ad buys the likes of which have n't been seen since the fight between Wall Street and big box retail stores over >>>swipe fee rates<<< .                                                                                                                      |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/in-clumsy-pr-move-banks-u_b_857868', 53)                          | For more background on the debit card charge issue , the work of >>>Zach Carter and Ryan Grim<<< and that of Mike Konczal is extremely helpful .                                                                                                                                                                                         |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/lessig-new-book_n_996519', 24)                                    | Lessig said the ultimate example of Congress 's warped priorities is the extraordinary amount of energy members devoted this spring , in the midst of an economic crisis , to the issue of bank swipe fees -- as chronicled by HufPost 's >>>Ryan Grim and Zach Carter<<< .                                                              |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/morning-money-politico_n_5162675', 57)                            | Take the >>>2011 war over swipe fees<<< , when Wall Street faced off against merchants .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/online-sales-tax-senate_n_3153669', 0)                            | WASHINGTON -- Merchants , bankers , small businesses , bizarre coalitions , Dick Durbin and Mike Enzi : The Senate is re-enacting its >>>great swipe fee battle of 2011<<< , but this time the issue in question is whether online sellers should have to pay sales tax just as brick and mortar retailers do .                          |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/sales-tax-online_n_3231761', 22)                                  | Part one of Durbin 's strategy was to >>>regulate the swipe fees<<< banks can charge merchants .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/sales-tax-online_n_3231761', 29)                                  | As one moderate Democratic senator put it >>>during the swipe fee fight<<< , " I 'm surprised at how much of our time is spent trying to divide up the spoils between various economic interests .                                                                                                                                       |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/senate-insurance-deregulation-bill-tester-johanns_n_3368314', 20) | The bill is reminiscent of a previous Tester effort on >>>debit card swipe fees<<< from 2011 .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/small-banks-swipe-fee-durbin-amendment_n_1316327', 0)             | Last year 's >>>wild legislative melee<<< over debit card swipe fees featured a curious contradiction : Although big Wall Street banks stood to lose the most from new swipe fee rules , it was small banks and credit unions that served as the public face of the regulatory opposition .                                              |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/small-banks-swipe-fee-durbin-amendment_n_1316327', 12)            | Yet despite the special consideration , >>>small banks threw in their lobbying lot with Wall Street<<< and came very close to repealing Durbin 's rule in the summer of 2011 .                                                                                                                                                           |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/sopa-protect-ip_n_1140180', 30)                                   | While bipartisanship has been hard to come by in Washington this year on high-profile issues , it 's been easy to find on SOPA and the other corporate disputes that have taken much of the legislature 's time this year -- >>>banks vs. retailers<<< , Silicon Valley vs. Big Pharma .                                                 |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/sopa-protect-ip_n_1140180', 282)                                  | During the first six months of 2011 , banks worked Congress hard on debit card swipe fees , >>>pressuring just about every member of the Senate to buck loyal campaign contributors in the American retail industry<<< .                                                                                                                 |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/swipe-fee-reform_n_873342', 0)                                    | WASHINGTON -- >>>The six-month Senate fight<<< over debit card swipe fees is finally over .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/swipe-fee-reform_n_873342', 9)                                    | HuffPost followed the debate live on Wednesday and in April wrote about how >>>the off-radar issue<<< was quietly dominating the congressional agenda , with Wall Street battling major retailers for every last vote .                                                                                                                  |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/swipe-fee-vote-wednesday_n_872835', 9)                            | Thus far , it 's been an >>>epic lobbying battle<<< pitting Wall Street against Walmart , one so heated that Washington insiders jokingly refer to it as " The K Street Full Employment Act . "                                                                                                                                          |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/swipe-fee-vote-wednesday_n_872835', 54)                           | But Wall Street 's swipe fee cashout also comes at the expense of retailers big and small -- otherwise stores would n't be flooding Congress >>>with their own lobbyists<<< .                                                                                                                                                            |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/swipe-fees-cap-federal-reserve-wall-street_n_887193', 0)          | WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve delivered the punchline Wednesday >>>to the year-long joke<<< that has been the lobbying blitz over debit card swipe fees .                                                                                                                                                                            |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/swipe-fees-cap-federal-reserve-wall-street_n_887193', 2)          | The swipe fee debate >>>dominated<<< the Senate for months , as nearly the entire U.S. retail industry battled banks in Capitol Hill backrooms .                                                                                                                                                                                         |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/swipe-fees-cap-federal-reserve-wall-street_n_887193', 20)         | On Capitol Hill , swipe fees represented >>>one of the most heated corporate lobbying battles<<< in recent history , with both Walmart and Wall Street pouring money into the campaign coffers of Republicans and Democrats alike .                                                                                                      |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/trump-tax-plan-rich_n_59cd6a14e4b05f005d3328cb', 67)              | Some >>>reporters<<< on Capitol Hill noticed the same trend .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/tv-soundoff-sunday-talkin_n_855971', 414)                         | While you wait , seriously , you should check out Zach Carter and Ryan Grim 's epic story on the swipe fee debate in Congress , >>>" Swiped : Banks , Merchants And Why Washington Does n't Work For You<<< . "                                                                                                                          |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/va-scandal_n_5446977', 0)                                         | WASHINGTON -- In 2011 , a significant chunk of the congressional agenda was taken up by banks and merchants battling >>>over swipe fees<<< -- namely , how much could banks charge Walmart and others to run a debit card .                                                                                                              |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/vulture-fund-lobbying_n_57350001e4b077d4d6f2a374', 53)            | When big banks squared off against merchants such as Walmart in 2011 >>>over the cost of debit card and credit card swipe fees<<< , Washington saw a spending spree and a dirty campaign the likes of which it has n't seen since .                                                                                                      |
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