Bill Halter’s campaign notes Blanche Lincoln’s vote against legislation that would have let states impose lower limits on credit card interest. In Arkansas, this is a big dollar consumer issue.

Note that Lincoln has supported every effort by the business community to use the federal government to sidestep the state’s constitutional usury provision and has won exceptions for most areas of lending. She’s long been friendly, too, with the credit card industry, notably in 2005 bankruptcy legislation.

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