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Congress Considers Stronger Consumer Protections From Debt Industry Abuse As the Trump CFPB Lays Down on the Job
The Trump CFPB is leaving families move vulnerable from ruthless debt collectors and scammers, period.
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As Juul Labs Comes Under Criminal Probe, Trump Labor Secretary Nominee Eugene Scalia Should Explain His Legal Work Arguing Safeguards For the E-Cigarette Industry Could “Endanger Public Health”
Scalia has an obligation to tell prosecutors and the American people how he helped the company in their battle against health and safety advocates.
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UPDATE: Scalia Vote Today: Will the Senate HELP Committee Allow an Enemy of the Labor Department’s Mission to Oversee It?
UPDATE: In response to Senate HELP committee Republicans’ party-line vote to advance conflicted corporate lawyer Eugene Scalia’s nomination for U.S. Labor Secretary despite his anti-worker record, Allied Progress director Derek Martin made the following statement: “These Senators need to explain why they’d leave working families’ wages, retirement, and safety at the mercy of someone dedicated to…
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MEMO: Eugene Scalia Is Too Extreme to Lead the Department of Labor
His long career representing corporate America as they’ve fought their own workers, and his extreme views on subjects such as sexual harassment and workplace safety are disqualifying.
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Allied Progress Analysis Finds At Least 1-in-7 CFPB Debt Rule Public Comments Came From Debt Industry Personnel
But Do Any Actual CONSUMERS Support The CFPB’s Plan to Flood Families With Unlimited, Unsolicited Texts and Emails From Debt Collectors? WASHINGTON, D.C. – With the public comment period officially ended for the CFPB’s debt collection proposal, consumer watchdog group Allied Progress released an analysis finding that at least 1,221 comments filed in support of the rule came…
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Why is Betsy DeVos Tolerating a An Unexcused Absence From a Student Loan Servicer CEO?
The CEO is refusing to update Congress on implementation of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. WASHINGTON, DC — James H. Steeley, the President and CEO of the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) – the student loan servicer that oversees the troubled Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program – is refusing to testify today before the House…
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Nothing Scalia Said At His Hearing Laid to Rest Concerns Over His Extreme Anti-Worker Record and Corporate Conflicts of Interest
WASHINGTON, D.C. – At today’s Senate confirmation hearing for Trump Labor Secretary nominee Eugene Scalia, the long-time corporate lawyer failed to explain how his history of undermining the Labor Department’ mission, his extreme views on sexual harassment and safety at the workplace, and his numerous potential conflicts of interests with former clients — in any…
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“Employees at the CFPB want answers after discovering a bureau official once worked for an antigay hate group”, The Advocate Reports
See must read September 18 story from The Advocate, ‘Is a Consumer Protection Exec Quietly Dismantling LGBTQ Protections?’ Reaction from Derek Martin, Director of Allied Progress: “When Director Kraninger was confronted with the fact that one her top aides used to conduct trainings for an anti-LGBT hate group, she didn’t fire Mr. Watkins or launch an investigation to…
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Trump CFPB Director Finds Yet Another Way To Avoid Doing Her Job
Kathy Kraninger Announces She Won’t Defend Constitutionality Of Her Own Job WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to news that the Trump Administration and CFPB Director Kathy Kraninger will no longer defend the constitutionality of the Bureau’s independent director, Allied Progress Director Derek Martin released the following statement: “After refusing to defend consumers from predatory lenders and debt collectors, Kraninger’s…
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New Report Examines the Deconstruction of CFPB’s Debt Collection Rulemaking From the Cordray to Kraninger Era
Trump appointees Mick Mulvaney and Kathy Kraninger have reversed course on Richard Cordray’s drive for stronger consumer protections as the debt collection industry spent millions on lobbying.