Rep. Sarah McBride on Friday became the first freshman Democrat to introduce a bill in the 119th Congress — and she is doing so with a Republican.
That a new member filed a bipartisan consumer protection bill normally wouldn’t be noteworthy. But before McBride even arrived on Capitol Hill, some Republicans made clear that as the first openly transgender member of Congress, she wouldn’t be receiving a warm welcome.
The new bill, the Ending Scam Credit Repair Act, seeks to crack down on “fraudulent practices” from companies that “deceive consumers with high fees and empty promises” to fix their credit scores, per a press release shared first with NOTUS. McBride introduced the bill with California Republican Rep. Young Kim.