https://freerepublic.com/tag/mainesenate/ en-us Wed, 14 Oct 2026 13:46:29 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4399128/posts As president of the Maine Senate, Democrat Troy Jackson, now running for U.S. Senate as an opponent of "greedy corporations," cosponsored a bill allowing online lenders to skirt Maine's interest rate caps when offering small-dollar loans to borrowers with poor credit. A lobbying firm that employed Jackson's son supported the 2022 bill on behalf of a "predatory" lending company that was sued months earlier for violating consumer protection laws, a Washington Free Beacon review found. The bill, which Jackson and five other Maine Democrats introduced in February 2022, was framed as a measure to "Establish Consumer Protections Regarding Small Dollar... Washington Free Beacon https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4399128/posts#comment Wed, 14 Oct 2026 13:46:29 GMT