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U.S. Sen. Brown Calls for Action Against ‘Zombie Debts’ on Credit Reports

Many Americans are still having difficulty obtaining mortgage loans due to the adverse impact of the crisis on their credit scores even seven years after the crisis. In mid-July, Brown proposed a bill known as the Consumer Reporting Fairness Act, which would require banks or creditors to notify credit reporting agencies when a bankruptcy extinguishes a consumer's debt.

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