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Congress sends a bill to President Obama regulating credit card company interest rates and containing an unrelated gun measure.

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On Wednesday, Congress sent a bill to President Obama restricting when and how a credit card company can raise interest rates, who can receive a card, and how much time we'll be given to pay bills. Sounds reasonable, until your read the fine print:

Included in the bill is an unrelated measure by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., that would allow people to bring loaded guns into national parks and wildlife refuges.

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