From: "Gary Britt" 

Why are some feds against this?

Gary

"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
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> Some states have passed laws that allow individuals to 'freeze' their
> credit to prevent identity theft. The freeze blocks anyone from opening
> new credit card accounts and is filed with the three credit bureaus ( 1st
> link involves North Carolina )
>
> http://www.newsobserver.com/104/story/442775.html
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> Congresswoman Judy Biggert from Ilinois sponsered a bill to stop the
> freeze
> http://kutv.com/consumer/local_story_173234626.html
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> One of the 17 states with a credit freeze law is Illinois, and it is in
> Illinois where U.S. congresswoman Judy Biggert is a sponsor of the bill to
> stop the states from the consumer protection they want.
>
>
> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
> news:449d6af2$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> What is meant by "freeze your credit" ?
>>
>> Gary
>>
>> "Mike N."  wrote in message
>> news:u95q92560ufqljj78978u1i8iui4vnkhbr{at}4ax.com...
>>> On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 14:14:22 -0400, "Rich Gauszka"

>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Exactly what would it take for Congress to
>>>>mandate real consumer protection? Because right now
Congress is getting
>>>>ready to sell consumers down the river.
>>>
>>>   That's the understatement of the year....
>>>
>>>   Representative La Tourette is trying to introduce legislation that
>>> would
>>> make it illegal for states to allow consumers to freeze their credit.
>>>
>>> http://financialservices.house.gov/media/pdf/109-61.pdf
>>>
>>>  Bastards!   Geo - is this your rep?  Let's give him heck.   Maybe I'll
>>> fake caller ID and call his office repeatedly with different local
>>> numbers
>>> and change my voice each time and let him know how silly this is.
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