From: "Rich Gauszka" 

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



Congresswoman Judy Biggert from Ilinois sponsered a bill to stop the freeze
http://kutv.com/consumer/local_story_173234626.html

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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