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Message: STATE LEGISLATURES JOIN CONGRESSIONAL EFFORTS LOOKING INTO $36 BILLION CREDIT CARD INTERCHANGE ISSUE Washington, D.C. – April 12, 2007 – Nine states have introduced a total of 15 bills concerning the hidden credit card interchange fees that cost U.S. consumers $36 billion last year, according to a survey of state legislative activity released today by the Merchants Payments Coalition. Pending state legislation ranges from proposals that would prohibit card-issuing banks from charging interchange fees on the sales tax portion of a retail transaction to requirements that credit card companies fully disclose their rules and policies to merchants and consumers. “This… Go to http://www.unfaircreditcardfees.com