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Following Surprise Resignation of Key Student Loan Official, Group Expands Investigation of Education Dept.
Allied Progress expands investigation following surprise resignation of key federal student loan official.
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Group Will Investigate Education Secretary’s Conflicts in Proposed Student Loan Industry Giveaway
DeVos’s billionaire family could benefit from end of student loan repayment programs, more defaults.
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Does Trump’s Budget Include Secret Plan to Defund and Eliminate Consumer Bureau?
Trump budget assumes funding source of CFPB will change, then entirely eliminates funding.
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Victory! Rule Protecting Twenty-Three Million Prepaid Cardholders Survives Attempted Repeal
Perdue took $33,000 from a predatory prepaid card company, pushed bill to save it $80 million.
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Trump Appoints Bigoted, Fringe, Conspiracy Theorist to Investigate His Baseless Voter Fraud Charges
Kobach has violated state and federal election laws and is the architect of voter suppression efforts around the country.
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Prepaid Rule Stands? Perdue’s Office Confirms Vote Repealing Prepaid Card Protections Unlikely
Looks like 23 million prepaid cardholders could be protected after all.
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Trump Administration Colluding with Congress to Hide Emails?
Scandal continues to grow over communications between executive agencies and powerful members of Congress.
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Consumerist: As Congress Preps To Scrap Prepaid Card Protections, Lawsuit Seeks Release Of Emails Between Lawmakers & Lobbyists
The Freedom Of Information Act lawsuit filed today by advocacy group Allied Progress asks a federal court in D.C. to compel the CFPB to turn over communications involving the pending prepaid card rules.
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Consumerist: ‘Financial CHOICE Act 2.0’ Blasted By Retailers & Lawmakers
Rep. Hensarling has accepted at least $7.38 million from companies regulated by the CFPB, according to Allied Progress.
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What’s Hensarling Hiding? Powerful Chairman Pushing Treasury Secretary Mnuchin to Skirt Open Records Laws
Wall Street-backed Congressman pushes Foreclosure King and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin to skirt open records laws.