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Message: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Rob Six, Merchants Payments Coalition, (202) 487-9058, rsix@mpcinconline.com Claudia Peters, Food Marketing Institute, (202) 220-0654, cpeters@fmi.org Jeff Lenard, National Association of Convenience Stores, (703) 518-4272, jlenard@nacsonline.com J. Craig Shearman, National Retail Federation, (202) 626-8134, shearmanc@nrf.com MERCHANTS SAY VISA/MASTERCARD RATE SETTING VIOLATES ANTITRUST LAWS Washington, D.C. (July 19, 2006) – The Merchants Payments Coalition told the Senate Judiciary Committee today that Visa and MasterCard’s practices in setting credit and debit card interchange rates violate federal antitrust laws and need to be addressed by Congress. “To answer the question posed by the title of today’s hearing, there are… Go to http://www.unfaircreditcardfees.com