For the third straight year, Rep. Stephanie Tubbs-Jones, D-OH, introduced legislation that would protect consumers against predatory lending practices, despite the uncertainty facing similar measures in the House of Representatives. The bill, H.R. 1994, the “Predatory Mortgage Lending Practices Reduction Act,” was referred to the House Committee on Financial Services, where two other anti-predatory lending measures are pending. It was introduced on April 28 with 11 co-sponsors. …