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Jersey |
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 Seven of
Missouri's nine Representatives now cosponsor the Act including
the bills primary sponsor, Democrat William Lacy Clay.
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| Missouri Representative Todd Akin
(center) receiving the Distinguished Christian Statesman
Award from the Center for Christian Statesmanship (CCS)
in 2007. |
Missouri Republican
Representatives
Todd Akin, (R-MO-2) and
Sam Graves (R-MO-6) have cosponsored the House
version of the
Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act of 2007 (H.R. 1767).
Seven of Missouri's nine Representatives now cosponsor the
Act including the bills primary sponsor, Democrat
William Lacy Clay.
The addition of Akin and Graves brings the total number of US
Representatives in the 110th Congress supporting federal legislation regulating the
rent to own industry to
64.
Akin serves on three committees: Armed Services, Science and
Technology and Small Business. As a Member of Congress, Akin
says he is committed to promoting the principles of our
Founders, the free enterprise system and the traditional values
of the American family. At the beginning of the 109th Congress,
Todd was named Chairman of the Small Business Subcommittee on
Regulatory Reform and Oversight. In the 110th Congress, with his
party now in the minority, Akin remains the Ranking Republican
on the Armed Services Subcommittee on Oversight and
Investigations.
Akin recently received a 95% ranking from the Americans for
Tax Reform, and 100% rankings from the Small Business Survival
Committee, American Conservative Union and the Family Research
Council.
Congressman Sam Graves serves on the Agriculture, Small
Business, and Transportation Committees. Graves, a former
Missouri State Representative and Senator, is in his fourth term
since being elected the the U.S. House in 2000. Graves also
supported the economic stimulus package signed by President
Bush. Graves commented Wednesday on the business incentives
included in the package. "We want to make it easier for small
businesses to expand and create jobs," said Graves. "Seven out
of every 10 jobs created in this country are because of small
businesses."
The Senate version of
Consumer Rental-Purchase Agreement Act of 2007 has 21
cosponsors, the latest being Nebraska Republican Chuck Hagel (see
story).
Senator Chuck Schumer's anti-rent-to-own-industry bill introduced in May,
the
Rent-To-Own Reform Act of 2007, has no cosponsors.
There have been 19 bills introduced since 1993 that would
regulate the rent to own industry at the federal level. None
have passed both houses of Congress (See
Rent to
Own Legislation 1993 to present).
RTO Online Congressional Resources:
Complete House of Representatives Contact List and Facebook
Complete Senate Contact List and Facebook
Rent to
Own Legislation 1993 to present
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