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Keep USF Fair already has sent over half a million emails and letters to leaders in Washington, and the group's been joined in the fight by Consumer Action and the League of United Latin American Citizens, which says the fees will hit Latinos who rely on pre-paid cell phones disproportionately hard. As Linda Sherry, director of national priorities for Consumer Action told the Journal Register News Service, the FCC is trying to balance the phone budget 'on the backs of the consumers who use long-distance the least and are least able to afford phone bills.'

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