Economic Liberties’ Morgan Harper Testifies Today in Senate Judiciary on Big Tech Remedies
April 1, 2025 – This afternoon at 2:30pm EST, Morgan Harper, Director of Policy and Advocacy at the American Economic Liberties Project, will testify in the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights for a hearing on “Big Fixes for Big Tech.”
DOJ Must Investigate Rocket’s Post-Corporate Pardon Acquisition Spree
April 1, 2025 – In response to news that Rocket Companies, America’s largest mortgage lender which also has its hand in other aspects of the homebuying business, is acquiring Mr. Cooper Group, America’s largest mortgage servicer, for $9.4 billion—just three weeks after Rocket entered an agreement to buy real estate brokerage and listing platform Redfin for $1.75 billion, and one month after the Trump Consumer Financial Protection Bureau dropped a lawsuit against Rocket for paying illegal kickbacks to real estate brokers who steer homebuyers to Rocket for loans—the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
Congressional Republicans Just Handed Wall Street a License to Exploit Struggling Americans
March 27, 2025 – Following news that the United States Senate has voted 52-48 to roll back a critical consumer protection from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) that would cap exploitative overdraft fees—an effort led by Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) and Rep. French Hill (R-AR-02)—the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
Economic Liberties Applauds Colorado State Senate on Passage of Junk Fees Legislation
March 26, 2025 – Following news that the Colorado State Senate has advanced anti-junk fee legislative bill HB 25-1090 by a 22-12 vote, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
If the Pentagon Hands Boeing $50 Billion, Taxpayers Should Own the IP
March 25, 2025 – Following reports the Pentagon has selected Boeing—which is currently seeking to rescind a guilty plea agreement in a case over its role in two deadly plane crashes in 2018 and 2019—for a $50 billion contract to build the next generation of the military’s fighter jets, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.