He introduced a bill with Vermont’s left-wing legislator, but it’s not the strangest bipartisan effort from the Missouri senator. From Yvette Walker:
Sens. Bernie Sanders and Josh Hawley agree it's time to help Americans dig out from debt. They are working together to limit credit card interest rates, where people owe $1.17 trillion.
Senator Bernie Sanders and Josh Hawley introduced legislation that would cap the interest rate on credit card debt at just ten percent, a far cry from the 24 percent tha
President Donald Trump has taken many productive steps during his first weeks back in the Oval Office. But supporting a bill to cap credit card interest rates — based on a campaign promise the president made — wouldn’t be one of them.
A bipartisan pair of senators want to cap your credit-card interest at less than half the typical rate. They may have President Trump's support—but banks aren't so excited.
Republican Josh Hawley represents Missouri in the United States Senate and is the author of "Manhood: The Masculine Virtues America Needs."