Watchdog group highlights Capito's husband's banking job
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A national watchdog group is highlighting the banking job of Rep. Shelley Moore Capito's husband as the congresswoman's committee weighs legislation that affects the financial industry.
By Alison Knezevich
The Charleston Gazette
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A national watchdog group is highlighting the banking job of Rep. Shelley Moore Capito's husband as the congresswoman's committee weighs legislation that affects the financial industry.
The West Virginia Republican chairs the Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee. Her husband, Charlie, works for Wells Fargo Advisors.
Shelley Moore Capito sponsored legislation that would postpone new limits on the so-called "swipe fees" that banks and credit card companies charge to merchants when their customers pay with credit and debit cards.
"We believe the public has the right to know that a bill you have authored is considered a key legislative goal of the bank that just hired your husband," the group, which opposes the legislation, wrote to Capito in a letter dated Tuesday. Read More...
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