Proponents of government mandates in credit card routing (the so-called Credit Card Competition Act) are pushing the Senate to vote on this misguided legislation – even trying to complicate legislation to fund military and veterans' programs until they get their way.  America's leading military financial services organizations oppose these tactics.

Your Senators need to continue to hear from you. Urge them to reject any attempt to attach the Credit Card Competition Act to any legislation. Remind Congress that imposing credit card routing mandates would hurt consumers and community financial institutions. If passed, this “Credit Card Competition Act” could spell the end of popular rewards programs, limit community banks' ability to offer credit cards, and force customer card transactions onto potentially less secure networks.

Urge your Senators to reject including the misguided Credit Card Competition Act in any must-pass funding legislation.