2010-09-17T20:00:00Z opencongress.org tag:opencongress.org,2007:/bill/blog/56310 tag:opencongress.org,2010-09-17:/commentary/9145456 2010-09-17T20:00:00Z ALBERTAM This Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act of 2009 (H.R. 1744) is a regulatory bill which defines rent to own transactions as a lease. This act requires full disclosure of consumer pricing, disclosure of advertising, and reinstatement ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.albertam.com/rent-to-own-statutes-affecting-your-business/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2010-07-24:/commentary/8818335 2010-07-24T20:00:00Z Property Commercial . net This Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act of 2009 (H.R. 1744) is a regulatory bill which defines rent to own transactions as a lease. This act requires full disclosure of consumer pricing, disclosure of advertising, and reinstatement ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.property-commercial.net/blog/Rent-To-Own-Statutes-Affecting-Your-Business">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-23:/commentary/7687318 2010-02-23T19:00:00Z Middle Class & Mad as Hell The RTO is now trying to claim that the bill Clay is sponsoring, HR 1744, which I detailed HERE, is a &quot;jobs&quot; bill. The president of the RTO industry group APRO is claiming that if this bill passes, there will be rapid expansion of the ...<br /><br /><a href="http://middleclassmadashell.blogspot.com/2010/02/clay-willing-to-go-distance-for-rent-to.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-02:/commentary/7553486 2010-02-02T19:00:00Z Powered by Mambo 4.5.2 and H.R. 1744 introduced by Rep. William Lacy Clay (D – Mo.) Both purport to protect consumers. But industry-sponsored language buried under &quot;definitions&quot; and &quot;relation to other laws&quot; would give the industry federal exemption from ...<br /><br /><a href="http://towardfreedom.com/home/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=1840&amp;Itemid=0">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-02:/commentary/7491536 2010-02-02T19:00:00Z Powered by Mambo 4.5.2 and H.R. 1744 introduced by Rep. William Lacy Clay (D – Mo.) Both purport to protect consumers. But industry-sponsored language buried under &quot;definitions&quot; and &quot;relation to other laws&quot; would give the industry federal exemption from ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.towardfreedom.com/home/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=1840&amp;Itemid=0">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2010-01-27:/commentary/10009022 2010-01-27T19:00:00Z Powered by Mambo 4.5.2 and H.R. 1744 introduced by Rep. William Lacy Clay (D - Mo.) Both purport to protect consumers. But industry-sponsored language buried under &quot;definitions&quot; and &quot;relation to other laws&quot; would give the industry federal exemption from ...<br /><br /><a href="http://towardfreedom.com/americas/1840-what-consumers-need-to-know-about-rent-to-own-businesses">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2010-01-27:/commentary/9902107 2010-01-27T19:00:00Z Powered by Mambo 4.5.2 and H.R. 1744 introduced by Rep. William Lacy Clay (D - Mo.) Both purport to protect consumers. But industry-sponsored language buried under &quot;definitions&quot; and &quot;relation to other laws&quot; would give the industry federal exemption from ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.towardfreedom.com/americas/1840-what-consumers-need-to-know-about-rent-to-own-businesses">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-10-25:/commentary/6575304 2009-10-25T20:00:00Z All Content | Citizens for Responsibility... Mr. Clay&#39;s bill, HR.1744, has been referred with 109 co-sponsors to the House Committee on Financial Services. Many states place rent-to-own transactions under existing credit sales laws, subjecting them to interest ceilings and ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.citizensforethics.org/node/43121">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-10-25:/commentary/6503924 2009-10-25T20:00:00Z Consumer Watchdog Updates Mr. Clay&#39;s bill, HR.1744, has been referred with 109 co-sponsors to the House Committee on Financial Services. Many states place rent-to-own transactions under existing credit sales laws, subjecting them to interest ceilings and ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/corporateering/articles/?storyId=30429">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-09-30:/commentary/6278203 2009-09-30T20:00:00Z Middle Class &amp; Mad as Hell This bill did not make it through and was reintroduced as HR 1744 in 2009. On the surface, the law reads as a consumer protection act, requiring rent to own companies state their rental policies etc. I started thinking, why would APRO ...<br /><br /><a href="http://middleclassmadashell.blogspot.com/2009/10/my-friends-i-have-been-asking-myself.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-06-22:/commentary/5387872 2009-06-22T20:00:00Z US PIRG Consumer Blog The Consumer Rental-Purchase Agreement Acts, HR 1744 (Rep. William Lacey-Clay (D-MO) and S 738 (Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) are designed not to improve protections for consumers nationwide, but to take away protections from consumers in ...<br /><br /><a href="http://static.uspirg.org/consumer/archives/2009/06/renttoown_still.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-03-31:/commentary/4848705 2009-03-31T20:00:00Z The Ruthless Truth blog Tracking Introduced Legislation. Congress is in session today. Mar 31, 2009 - Bill Action. Introduced: S.Con.Res. 15: A concurrent resolution commending the 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the… Sen. Mark Pryor [D-AR] introduced S. ...<br /><br /><a href="http://theruthlesstruth.com/wordpress/?p=37">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-03-28:/commentary/6727867 2009-03-28T20:00:00Z Open Congress : Senate Banking, Housing,... Mrs. Landrieu&#39;s bill, S.738, has been read twice and, with 15 co-sponsors, has been referred to the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. Mr. Clay&#39;s bill, HR.1744, has been referred with 109 co-sponsors to the House . ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s738/show">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-03-24:/commentary/7553487 2009-03-24T20:00:00Z WashingtonWatch.com - Welcome to WashingtonWatc... US Congress: HR 1744, The Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act.<br /><br /><a href="http://washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_HR_1744.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-03-24:/commentary/4761093 2009-03-24T20:00:00Z Open Congress : House Financial Services... HR1744 To amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act to assure meaningful disclosures of the terms of rental-purchase agreements, including disclosures of all costs to consumers under such agreements, to provide certain substantive rights ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h1744/show">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-03-24:/commentary/4700937 2009-03-24T20:00:00Z WashingtonWatch.com - Welcome to WashingtonWatc... US Congress: HR 1744, To amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act to assure meaningful disclosures of the terms of rental-purchase agreements, including disclosures of all costs to consumers under such agreements, to provide certain ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/200516191.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-03-24:/commentary/4624528 2009-03-24T20:00:00Z WashingtonWatch.com - Welcome to WashingtonWatc... US Congress: HR 1744, To amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act to assure meaningful disclosures of the terms of rental-purchase agreements, including disclosures of all costs to consumers under such agreements, to provide certain ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_HR_1744.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-03-24:/commentary/4622568 2009-03-24T20:00:00Z Active Legislation -- Tracked by GovTrack.us A bill in the US Congress: To amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act to assure meaningful disclosures of the terms of rental-purchase agreements, including disclosures of all costs to consumers under such agreements, ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-1744">Go to article</a>