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Thursday, September 9th, 2010 at 10:29am

HR 3655 moves closer to a Full House Vote-BereavedConsumersProtectionAct

The Bereaved Consumers Bill of Rights Act Of 2009(AKA  Bereaved Consumers protection act is a step closer  to a  Full  US House of Representatives Vote. The Congressional Budget Office has issue a report on the Bill. Here is a Snippet from the Full CBO report. “Based on the information from the FTC CBO assumes would [...]

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010 at 7:08pm

HR 3655 Passes Committee-Details-Bereaved Consumers Bill of rights Act

Your Funeral Guy Has reported that the Bereaved Consumers Protection Act has made it through the Energy and Commerce Committee and has been Marked up for consideration of a vote in the full House Of Representatives. Your Funeral Guy Reports this in a snippet: “The Bereaved  Consumers Bill of Rights Act, HR 3655  Land Mark [...]

Thursday, May 6th, 2010 at 1:30pm

Barton Amendment delays Bereaved Consumers Protection Act

Yesterday an amendment was proposed to the The Bereaved Consumers Protection Act. The amendment Proposed by Republican Joe Barton of Texas received enough support to bring the Democratic Sponsor Congressman  Bobby Rush to pull the bill from current consideration from the House Energy and Commerce Commmitte. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE AMENDMENT. The amendment would [...]

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010 at 3:40pm

They’re weighing in on HR 3655-Bereaved Consumers Protection Act

It is the Day before the Full Congressional Committee  Hearing on the Bereaved Consumers Bill of Rights act Act. The Bill wiil  placed  for markup to the full  US  House of Representatives for vote. Here is the way things are playing out. The National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) and  the Funeral Consumers Alliance(FCA) are supporting [...]

Friday, April 23rd, 2010 at 6:16pm

Creator of Funeral Rule #2 to speak at FCA convention|bereavedconsumersprotectionact

Congressman Bobby Rush(D-IL) will be a Speaker at the The Funeral Consumers Alliance (FCA)2010 Conference. Congressman Rush is the sponsor of the Bereaved Consumers Bill of Rights Actof 2009-Funeral and Cemetery and Reform Legislation written in response to the tragic Burr Oak Cemetery Scandal.of  July 2009.  The conference is scheduled for June 2010. Congressman Bobby [...]

Thursday, March 25th, 2010 at 9:40am

Bereaved Consumer Bill of Rights act marked up in Congress|Bereaved Consumers protection act

The Bereaved Consumers Bill Of Rights Act of 2009 was marked up in Congress yesterday. The Bill went from the House subcommittee to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.  The next step is fir the Bill (HR 3655) to move  out of committee to the Full House For a vote here. IMPORTANT LINKS Read [...]

Friday, February 5th, 2010 at 12:45pm

Bobby Rush to Speak To Funeral Lobby-BereavedConsumersProtectionAct

Congressman Bobby Rush the man who introduced the Bereaved Consumers Bill of Rights Act will speak to the Funeral Lobby in Early March of 2009. Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., who introduced the “Bereaved Consumer’s Bill of Rights Act of 2009″ (H.R. 3655) in the U.S. House of Representatives, will address attendees during the 2010 NFDA [...]

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 at 1:50pm

Washington Times Reports on Funeral, Cemetery, Reform-BereavedConsumersProtectionAct

The Washington Times has reported on the Bereaved Consumers Bill of Rights Act. Opponents of this legislation say that regulation should be left to the States. However State Regulations have not prevented the Burr Oak Cemetery Horror in Illinois or the Eden Memorial Park(SCI) Cemetery Scandal in California. Snippet from the Washington Times: “On the [...]

Monday, February 1st, 2010 at 9:35pm

Funeral Industry Site delays, inaccurrate, incomplete report(BereaveConsumersProtectionAct)

The Funeral Industry site ConnectingDirectors.Com Delayed a report on the Bereaved Consumers Bill Of Rights Act. The  report  came on Feb 1, 2010. The report had no editorial content and did not mention the Controversial comments of the National Funeral Directors Association Randal L Earl about Walmart and Amazon.Com selling Caskets. The report came five [...]

Friday, January 29th, 2010 at 7:48am

Bobby Rush Outlines Bereaved Consumers Bill Of Rights

In His opening statement on the Hearing on the Bereaved Consumer Bill of Rights Act, Bobby Rush outlined the legislation The legislation is significant in that it  APPLIES TO NOT FOR PROFIT FUNERAL HOMES. This significant action by the US Congress came as a result of the Burr Oak Cemetery Scandal Outside Chicago. Here is [...]